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Maame Blue is a Ghanaian-Londoner, creative writing tutor and author of two novels; 'Bad Love', which won the 2021 Betty Trask award, and 'The Rest Of You' due for publication in October 2024 with Verve Books (UK) and Amistad Books (US). Her short stories have been published in 'Joyful, Joyful' (Pan Macmillan), 'Not Quite Right For Us' (Flipped Eye Publishing) and 'New Australian Fiction 2020' (Kill Your Darlings). Maame is a recipient of the 2022 Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship and was a 2022 POCC Artist-in-Residence. She contributes regularly to Royal Literary Fund publication Writers Mosaic and The Bookseller Magazine, and her writing has appeared in many places including Refinery29, Black Ballad and The Independent. She teache ...more

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Maame Blue I tend to step away from something for a while, and procrastinate sometimes to the point of no return. Then after a week of not working on that partic…moreI tend to step away from something for a while, and procrastinate sometimes to the point of no return. Then after a week of not working on that particular writing project, I remember it again and find I have a little more to say. Also long walks and working on something else that doesn't require much thought. That seems to work.(less)
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write like you mean it

i give this advice a lot to writers seeking my support, in one way or another. make it mean something. say the big thing with your whole chest, etc. etc. even though i struggle with that myself, of course.

meaning these days feels fleeting, ephemeral. it's personal really, the things that matter to us. and i wonder what we're supposed to write when crucial, life altering things matter to some and n

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