#awkwardhonesty

[author-mathomas]

Post Twenty-Four. I'm recycling my blanket statement on this from last month. It's still true though. If you make your craft a priority you will find time to practice and get better at it. No one writes a good first, second or even third draft. If you want to finish a book and publish it you have a lot of work ahead of you. Research the details, create diverse characters, invest time in sourcing beta readers. Listen to the advice of others on this journey to be published but above all, do it. Write. Read. Edit. Write some more. Edit some more. Every step brings you closer. Take no steps, reach no goal. #authorschallenge2019 #writingadvice #AuthorMAThomas #AwkwardHonesty #JustWritePeople https://www.instagram.com/p/BuPUFI9nC2e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zuzvpbjlxwq6

[author-mathomas]

I just needed to share this mug. It's not even mine but it's pretty great. Hope it brings someone a smile #coffeecup #AwkwardHonesty #coffeeislife #bestquote #muglife https://www.instagram.com/p/BtLQhMVnHee/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aocy5m7f5s93

[author-mathomas]

Celebration post! Reached my first milestone as a writer today. 100 copies of my books in Australian libraries! I just invoiced out for another 11 copies today. If you are an Australian Self-Published Writer, or any sort of Aussie writer really, I highly recommend lodging your books with ALS. I am about to put the next two books in my debut series on their database now and fingers crossed Still Growing and New Mistakes do well also. #writingcommunity #thegirldiaries #awkwardhonesty #australianwriter #australianfiction #australianlibraryservice https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9t3mHAwcT/?igshid=11q01dy3uof3q

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AWKWARD HONESTY (TGD BOOK ONE) - Chapter Six (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/J587al46k3 The Girl Diaries first installment 'Awkward Honesty' follows the ramblings of a newly teenage girl. For this young Australian, life is-uncomfortable. Her body is changing, her family is morphing into a new shape, and her social circle at school is, well, non-existent. Writing down her days in a brand-new journal proves to be the outlet this young person needs; but she can't help thinking about another journal-the grey notebook-buried with her recently deceased classmate. Facing the difficult twists and turns of adolescence in modern society, Clarrissa starts realising just how troubling life's real questions can be. This book is a candid and often confronting introspective into the reality of life for our young people, delivered to you in what can only be described as one truly, cringe-worthy journal.

[author-mathomas]

AWKWARD HONESTY (TGD BOOK ONE) - Chapter 5 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/AKMJgWY6k3 The Girl Diaries first installment 'Awkward Honesty' follows the ramblings of a newly teenage girl. For this young Australian, life is-uncomfortable. Her body is changing, her family is morphing into a new shape, and her social circle at school is, well, non-existent. Writing down her days in a brand-new journal proves to be the outlet this young person needs; but she can't help thinking about another journal-the grey notebook-buried with her recently deceased classmate. Facing the difficult twists and turns of adolescence in modern society, Clarrissa starts realising just how troubling life's real questions can be. This book is a candid and often confronting introspective into the reality of life for our young people, delivered to you in what can only be described as one truly, cringe-worthy journal.

[author-mathomas]

AWKWARD HONESTY (TGD BOOK ONE) - Chapter 4 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/P08kxAT6k3 The Girl Diaries first installment 'Awkward Honesty' follows the ramblings of a newly teenage girl. For this young Australian, life is-uncomfortable. Her body is changing, her family is morphing into a new shape, and her social circle at school is, well, non-existent. Writing down her days in a brand-new journal proves to be the outlet this young person needs; but she can't help thinking about another journal-the grey notebook-buried with her recently deceased classmate. Facing the difficult twists and turns of adolescence in modern society, Clarrissa starts realising just how troubling life's real questions can be. This book is a candid and often confronting introspective into the reality of life for our young people, delivered to you in what can only be described as one truly, cringe-worthy journal.

[author-mathomas]

AWKWARD HONESTY (TGD BOOK ONE) - Chapter 3 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/oPL1XEQ6k3 The Girl Diaries first installment 'Awkward Honesty' follows the ramblings of a newly teenage girl. For this young Australian, life is-uncomfortable. Her body is changing, her family is morphing into a new shape, and her social circle at school is, well, non-existent. Writing down her days in a brand-new journal proves to be the outlet this young person needs; but she can't help thinking about another journal-the grey notebook-buried with her recently deceased classmate. Facing the difficult twists and turns of adolescence in modern society, Clarrissa starts realising just how troubling life's real questions can be. This book is a candid and often confronting introspective into the reality of life for our young people, delivered to you in what can only be described as one truly, cringe-worthy journal.

[author-mathomas]

AWKWARD HONESTY (TGD BOOK ONE) - Chapter 2 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/5BogyhK6k3 The Girl Diaries first installment 'Awkward Honesty' follows the ramblings of a newly teenage girl. For this young Australian, life is-uncomfortable. Her body is changing, her family is morphing into a new shape, and her social circle at school is, well, non-existent. Writing down her days in a brand-new journal proves to be the outlet this young person needs; but she can't help thinking about another journal-the grey notebook-buried with her recently deceased classmate. Facing the difficult twists and turns of adolescence in modern society, Clarrissa starts realising just how troubling life's real questions can be. This book is a candid and often confronting introspective into the reality of life for our young people, delivered to you in what can only be described as one truly, cringe-worthy journal.

[author-mathomas]

AWKWARD HONESTY (TGD BOOK ONE) - Chapter 1 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/6nY9MPB6k3 The Girl Diaries first installment 'Awkward Honesty' follows the ramblings of a newly teenage girl. For this young Australian, life is-uncomfortable. Her body is changing, her family is morphing into a new shape, and her social circle at school is, well, non-existent. Writing down her days in a brand-new journal proves to be the outlet this young person needs; but she can't help thinking about another journal-the grey notebook-buried with her recently deceased classmate. Facing the difficult twists and turns of adolescence in modern society, Clarrissa starts realising just how troubling life's real questions can be. This book is a candid and often confronting introspective into the reality of life for our young people, delivered to you in what can only be described as one truly, cringe-worthy journal.

[author-mathomas]

I may have put my book promo and writer website on a community notice board or six here in town... #shamlesspromotion #thegirldiaries #awkwardhonesty #marketingfail #communitynoticeboard #writingcommunity #bookpromotion #authormathomas #middlegradefiction #journaladdict https://www.instagram.com/p/B5RxH5hAcYy/?igshid=qg9l4x10pry3

[author-mathomas]

Once upon a time... a lot of stuff happened. Some of it is even based on real events, a lot of it isn't. Welcome to The Girl Diaries! There will be zero emojis used in this teen fiction series #authorschallenge2019 #emojispam #thegirldiaries #awkwardhonesty #stillgrowing #newmistakes #trustdeficit #authormathomas #writingcommunity #nanowrimo2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ZD0n-pzrY/?igshid=36fzt55rspmr

[author-mathomas]

Read for free on Wattpad! Chapter one of my debut novel

[author-mathomas]

Prompt Post twenty-five. It's been one whole year since my first Camp Nanowrimo! That's a special anniversary right? Maybe not as important as thirteen years since I became a mother or sixteen years since I met my best friend but still pretty special. And now the draft I completed in 2018 is an actual book available to buy in the world ;) check it out on Amazon kids, it's a laugh a minute. #authorschallenge2019 #anniversary #thegirldiaries #campnanowrimo #awkwardhonesty #AuthorMAThomas #promptchallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/B0VuQvUgEMd/?igshid=15f4ozkosmqla

[author-mathomas]

Post of The Day. WIP MC Back Story. #authorschallenge2019 It begins with a girl and a cat, it's the first week of primary school in a new town. The child has no friends, a newly formed obsession with Alice in Wonderland and a teacher who agrees to let the little girl bring her kitten Dina along with her for show and share day. A friendship blooms with another boy who also has separated parents and the two of them bond over the confusing isolation of that status. A girl a boy and a frightened pet all come together and it begins a ten year friendship with an unequal amount of ups and downs. Fair warning readers. I don't write about happy endings. Pick up The Girl Diaries with that in mind. #authormathomas #backstory #thegirldiaries #awkwardhonesty #stillgrowing #newmistakes #trustdeficit #gamechanger #prettyliar #heartsunbound #amediting #campnanowrimo2019 #amediting #julypromptschallenge #writingprompts #writingcommunity #sleepingcats https://www.instagram.com/p/BztuK3cgbs8/?igshid=19nxnby8m7tv8

[author-mathomas]

I was in Byron over the weekend and I found an awesome second hand book exchange. They had a return shoot on the building so I dropped my debut novel #awkwardhonesty in the chute for them to add to their collection. Maybe it will make the window feature? A writer can dream. I wish it had been open when I was in town because the place looked cosy AF inside with a bean bag in the corner and heaps of fan art and book swag plastered around the shelves upon shelves of musty looking books #DreamLibrary #authorschallenge2019 #writinglife #authorsofinstagram #authormathomas #byronbaybookexchange #maypromptschallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxy62VpAYz8/?igshid=12rrrzab3z8ce

[author-mathomas]

Introducing my MC, the star of The Girl Diaries and her own imagination, little miss thirteen going on thirty. Clary! #WIPandme #aesthetic #maincharacter #thegirldiaries #awkwardhonesty #stillgrowing #newmistakes #bookstagram #writingprompt #maypromptschallenge #claryfairy #twelvepartseries #availableonamazon https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxe0H90ge0m/?igshid=189ril15ckreg