The words haven't come easy these last few months. The world is heavy and navigating life seems to have sapped my creative well dry. It has been a month since I wrote anything for Thrive In Chaos, despite having numerous part-started posts and lists of ideas on my phone. Since March, my notebooks have mostly [...]
I was especially excited for the release of The Disappeared. I have followed Amy's writing for some years, reading her awesome blog over at Ten Penny Dreams, so I was thrilled when I realised that I could support her journey to publication by pledging something towards her debut release. The Disappeared was published through Unbound: [...]
Our next guest post is from Millie who blogs over at A Queen With Wings. In this post, she reflects on how depression can cause us to hang onto our masks, not allowing anyone - including ourselves - to see what is truly going on inside our heads. She also offers some encouragement and advice [...]
I will admit that when I'm looking for a new read thrillers are rarely my go to. In fact, they're never my go to. But when Quercus contacted me to ask if I'd be interested in receiving a review copy of JP Delaney's Believe Me, and I read the marketing blurb, I was intrigued. From the Quercus [...]
Why does it come crawling As the day fades into night To push away And sap the joy Of moments barely past? I'm supposed to sit and be with it To accept and see and name But all I really Want to do Is scream please go away. I know the balance of my [...]
Hello lovely people. It's been a whole month since I last spent any time in my little corner of the internet; I kept thinking about writing various posts but never actually managed to get around to doing it, partly because it's been ridiculously busy and partly because I've had a bit of a rough mental [...]
Sometimes, it all becomes too much. There are those days when all the plates you were spinning are suddenly on the floor, in pieces, and you don't remember dropping them but it suddenly seems like you weren't spinning them on sticks, like you thought, but on the top of over-ripe bananas. You feel like a [...]
Thursday 6th October is National Poetry Day so I've decided to share some poems here. I love poetry but it's rarely my go-to reading material when I get time to pick up one of the many books on my shelves. It's a great shame really because poetry can be so profound and inspiring, and it [...]
A few fabulous finds from around the web: Lover of Instagram? Lover of books? You definitely need #bookstagram in your life! As I grow up (ish) I continually develop my appreciation for Harry Potter, and more recently for J K Rowling. I think she is an incredibly inspiring woman so I am very excited [...]
Yesterday was World Book Day, which is absolutely one of my favourite days. What could be better than a whole day dedicated to celebrating the wonderful world of books? Shamefully, I completely missed joining in the celebrations, here on Thrive in Chaos, due to a mixture of having too much work to do, being out [...]
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