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Waging War on the Editing Demon

July 12, 2010 by Icy Sedgwick 2 Comments

Back in November 2008, I finished writing my first novel. I already had two unfinished novels to my name, but I have to give some credit to NaNoWriMo for impelling me to actually get to ‘The End’ – without the daily ‘deadlines’ required to make the minimum 50,000 words by the beginning of December, I […]

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I write, therefore I am…or something.

January 4, 2010 by Icy Sedgwick 4 Comments

Receptionists will tell you they are receptionists. Solicitors will tell you they are solicitors. Yet writers will tell you they’re “trying to write”, or they’re “working on being a writer”. They rarely own up to what they actually are. If you write, then you’re a writer. It’s that simple. (For a better explanation of this […]

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At last! An idea!

October 19, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

I now have my NaNoWriMo idea. It’s not the one I was previously brainstorming, particularly since I think that idea better lends itself to a short story. No, the Big Idea is one I’ve had rolling around in the back of my mind for a while now, but which I finally think I can do […]

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NaNoWriMo

October 5, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

How did it get to be October so fast? I can’t believe that we’re into Halloween Month already. Just a few weeks to go until November, and we all know what that means…NaNoWriMo! I did it last year, and actually managed to bash out my first novel. I’m quite pleased with it, although it’s still […]

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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