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An Eddying Flight
A website for readers, writers both published and working-on-it, writing teachers, budding academics, and anyone who is interested in stories. Welcome!
Join the ongoing (mis)adventures of Zoë D. Marriott, novelist, freelance writing teacher, and doctoral candidate at the Open University...
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Sep 18, 20242 min read
The Moonlit Maze on Netgalley
Hello, Dear Readers! A quick update today and the title says it all: The Moonlit Maze is now available to download on Netgalley! My...
zdmarriott
Jul 30, 20244 min read
New Book! The Moonlit Maze Cover Reveal & Pre-Order Links
Hello, Dear Readers! It's been a while, I know - I'm currently staring down the final straight of my PhD thesis and will begin a new...
zdmarriott
May 1, 20232 min read
'Re-Imagining Beauty' & 'From Here to Eternity'
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome or welcome back to An Eddying Flight. Today I bring you some delightful linkity. Firstly, my debut...
zdmarriott
Feb 27, 20237 min read
Publishing my First Academic Journal Paper
Hello, Dear Readers! Welcome back to An Eddying Flight where, today, I'll be talking about the process of getting my very first journal...
zdmarriott
Feb 9, 20231 min read
Best Writing Advice Podcast
Hello, Dear Readers. and welcome back after my - slightly longer than expected - seasonal hiatus. I hope everyone had a wonderful festive...
zdmarriott
Mar 14, 20228 min read
Flailing in the Dark: Getting a Grip as an Early Stage PhD Student
Welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers (and apologies in advance, as always, for Wix's formatting insanity - I've done my...
zdmarriott
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#8)
Hello, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers! It's time for Thursday Pick & Mix - ten minutes of low-pressure, playful...
zdmarriott
Jan 10, 202213 min read
The Quest for Ultimate Form (& Why it Doesn't Work)
(Apologies in advance for the weird paragraph spacing throughout this whole piece. Wix's blog formatting is a complete mystery, and even...
zdmarriott
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#5)
Welcome back, Dear Readers - I hope that this week has treated you well so far. And I hope you're ready to have some honest-to-dog fun...
zdmarriott
Dec 6, 20215 min read
The Plot Diamond, Part Three: Turning Plots into Stories
Hello, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight. Today I'm tackling the final part of this process which has taken us from inspiration to...
zdmarriott
Nov 29, 20218 min read
The Plot Diamond, Part Two: Turning Ideas into Plots
In last week’s post I introduced the concept of the Plot Diamond – a rejigged plotting pro-forma which partakes of many different ways of...
zdmarriott
Nov 22, 20217 min read
The Plot Diamond, Part One: Turning Inspirations into Ideas
Part one of a three-part series of posts on the nuts and bolts of transforming ideas and inspiration into a coherent plot.
zdmarriott
Nov 11, 20217 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#1)
Why do writers write? The answer, of course, is as varied and diverse as the writing community itself. Many writers say that they don't...
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