A library of stories, notes + prompts for a more creative life, from an internationally bestselling author who was too scared to write for years.
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Are stories magnetic? First look at the cover of my new novel!
Hello dear Joy Risers,
Over the last ten years of writing full time, I have fallen more and more in love with this question:
Are stories magnetic?
By magnetic, I mean the strange way that things from the imagined worlds of our art some...
My third novel is written – and here is the blurb!
Hello dear Joy Risers,
MY NEW NOVEL IS WRITTEN!
(Please bear with me, the sheer miracle of this moment warrants an outlandish use of caps lock and exclamation marks.)
And below, for the first time, I’m sharing the official blurb!...
A Brontë Fix: Holly on Haworth, Writing and Keeper the Dog
Hello Joy Risers,
Alice here again, popping by to share some more thoughts with you before Holly returns and regular Joy Rise programming resumes shortly. I think every human with a working internet connection will be aware that this weeke...
Holly chats with Jess Rowe on giving ourselves permission to create
Hello Joy Risers,
Wishing you a warm welcome to 2026. As Holly mentioned in her December issue of Notes to Self, she is taking a little breather from Substack over the Australian summer while she dives head first into the manuscript for he...
When December is too much
Hello dear Joy Risers,
Click play to listen, or read full transcript below of this podcast episode.
Welcome to the December episode of Notes to Self, my solo podcast made for you, by me, at my desk here, fuelled this month by endless sho...
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I'm the author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, adapted as a Prime Video series starring Sigourney Weaver. My new novel, The World Beneath Her Feet, comes in September! The Joy Rise is where I write about creativity, courage and connection.
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