VERSION CTRL: my life in revision
sierra elmorehonest, slightly acerbic essays for creatives about writing, publishing, mental health, and pop culture from a novelist undergoing constant reinvention.
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your "uNLikAbLe" female character is probably just traumatized or neurodivergent!
Amy Dunne. Pearl. Katniss Everdeen. Bella Swan. Fleabag. Meredith Grey. Fang Runin. Various interpretations of Anne Boleyn1. Some of the most iconic and memorable women across fiction, film, and TV are considered to be—gasp!—unlikable.
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how i wrote 8,000 words in a week
By nature, I am a slow, plodding writer. I write in short, desperate gasps, sprinting with friends and sighing in relief when I’m done pounding out an especially strong excerpt. So when my tendency to procrastinate—a tendency I am actively...
steal my mid-year goal setting routine for writers
because god knows you're not the same person you were in january 2026.
In January 2026, I seldom exercised, was finishing up my fourth novel, worked part-time, and barely wrote on Substack. This June, I’m active daily (add me on Strava), d...
the "hot girls read" trademark and the colonization of book culture
I promised myself yesterday that I would not write about this. I PROMISED myself that I would not jump in to the Allie Rose Co discourse. I began to write a post about how to refresh your writing goals in the middle of the year, a post that...
3 things i would tell you about querying if i wasn't afraid to hurt your feelings
Before we start! This is a guide specifically for querying US agents. UK agents are slightly different; I don’t know enough about that market to speak on it with any level of authority.
Querying is hell right now. Okay? That’s it. That’s t...
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I write novels about women you’d normally call villains. DEATH BY SOCIETY out now. Drexel MFA class of 2027. I'm also really into tarot.
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