Today’s post is a guest post from the lovely Julie Shackman who blogs over at Julie Shackman’s Blog. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of visiting her blog yet, here is a little background about her:
I trained as a journalist, but writing romance has always been a dream of mine. When I’ve not got my head in a book or drafting one, I write verses and captions for greetings cards companies. Writing at home seems to be incredibly difficult for me – I usually require tea, music and noise! My second romcom, “Hero or Zero” is out now. “Rock My World was my debut romcom and I’m currently writing a third romcom, which features a well known historical figure! I’m married, have two sons and live in Scotland.
Now onto the best bit, Julie’s brilliant post!
Day-Dreaming – All Part of a Writer’s Job! by Julie Shackman
Staring out of the window of my local coffee shop (it is work, honest!) thinking of who I’m going to come up with next 
and why – with my notebook in front of me – is, I think for me and for most writers, both exciting and terrifying at the same time.
Right from an early age, I knew I wanted to write romance.
I remember reading “Princess Daisy” at the age of about 13 and I was totally blown away.
Creating a novel which stays with the reader for a long time, is what authors hope to achieve every time they pick up their pen or approach their keyboard.
For me, writers like Jenny Colgan; Wendy Holden and Sophie Kinsella achieve this every time they publish a new novel. They create escapism with compelling characters and clever storylines, which I just lose myself in page after page.
The world can often be a sad and upsetting place but when you discover escapism through the pages of a novel, there is no feeling like it.
I couldn’t imagine doing anything else, other than writing romantic comedies (ok, I also write greetings card verses and captions but that’s another story!) and I just hope my writing connects with people in the same way as my favourite authors never fail to touch me.
Happy Reading!
Julie x
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aww nice post, I don't consider myself a writer as such I guess writing is part of what I do in blogging but I often find myself drifting off into day dreams about blog posts and ideas! thanks for linking up to #sundaystars x
Me too! A lot of my posts are mentally written in my head before I sit down at the laptop. Thanks for hosting 🙂
Nice to read a post that is so passionate. Thank you for linking up #bigfatlinky
I agree, it was a very good post! Thanks for hosting 🙂