I finished writing my first novel ✍️ ✨

It only took me 14 years...

There she is on the big screen. 77,500 words in all her glory.

Hello everyone,

I’ve got some insane news that hasn’t sunk in yet. The manuscript for Peach Tulips is officially finished!

Peach Tulips is a teen romance novel set in London. I started writing it when I was 14, and I’m now 28. It’s my debut. So to put this in context, it’s taken me just over half of my life, 3 editors, 30+ beta readers, and thousands of hours of writing to be able to say this:

I have written a novel.

It has been my absolute dream to become a published author since I was a teenager. I worked on my manuscript for seven years. Then it sat in my DropBox for six years. It was only through the pandemic and some crazy trauma and subsequent therapy that, for some reason, I dug the hand-written manuscript out of my parents’ attic. That was two years ago. Now the manuscript is finally, finally done.

This book represents a ridiculous amount of my young life in London and my soul. It has taught me so many things. I finished my first draft about a year in. That’s a major thing I learned: if you sit down for long enough to write, eventually, you will type out 75,000 words of whatever crap is in your mind. But there is a HUGE difference between writing a novel and writing a good novel. That is what I have tried to do. I’ve spent years making it the best story possible.

Peach Tulips (the book and audiobook) is coming out in September 2023!

Thank you for your patience this last month. Now that Peach Tulips is done, I have plenty more in store for Misseducated and time to write for you all.

Paid subscribers get to read the first page of the book now (below), as well as some inspiring words from Elizabeth Gilbert.

Wishing you a lovely weekend,

Tash