Archive - Everything Is Material - Jojo's Substack

Okay, so that was longer than I meant it to be...

But I'm back now. And writing. And bearing recommendations.

Jul 3 •

May 2025

Why I haven't been writing (here, or anywhere else). And a few recommendations.

In which I have to follow my own advice: guard your time and trust the process.

May 1 •

April 2025

A short note - I'm switching to unpaid

I always laugh at that saying that goes something like “adult life is basically saying: oh it will get quieter from next week again and again until you…

Apr 4 •

March 2025

"I need my character to talk to me and tell me things because there's so much I don't know."

A conversation with bestselling novelist Lisa Jewell about trusting your subconscious to come up with your plot.

Mar 24 •

Things I have learned from working with really successful people.

Including: "do not behave like a dick"

Mar 14 •

Writing as performance: An introvert's guide to being on stage.

Or: how to talk about your book when you spend most of your working life in sweatpants

Mar 6 •

February 2025

Normal service resumed imminently...

A brief catch-up between promotional shenanigans.

Feb 16 •

The Ick of Self-Promotion

In which I repulse myself. While wanting you to buy my book, obvs.

Feb 7 •

January 2025

December 2024

Writing will save you. It always does.

A new year's ramble about why I write.

Dec 31, 2024 •

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