Writer's Life · 25 March 2025

A brutally honest dispatch from the writing trenches. Joyce Barnacle on burnout, broken plot beats, haunted fridges, and the ache of losing the spark mid-story. Blackmore.Pembroke. is not going well.

Writer's Life · 03 March 2025

Struggling to balance writing, work, and the relentless demands of social media? Same. As an indie author, I’m spiraling over my book while screaming into the Instagram void, trying to reach the right readers without losing my mind. Why is marketing harder than writing the damn book? Read my full rant on why I refuse to be good for the algorithm—and what I’m doing instead.