Eve Matsdotter
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Halfway. Sort of.
I hit 50,000 words this week and found out I'm not halfway at all.͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ EVE MATSDOTTER The Wicker’s Word WORDS WOVEN, NOT FORGED No. 5 A NEWSLETTER FROM THE DESK OF EVE MATSDOTTER Halfway. Sort of. I passed 50,000 words this week. I had a whole letter planned about it. The halfway high, the view from the top of the hill. Then I looked at what was left, and found out I'm not halfway at all. The book got bigger I outlined Dustling at 95,000 words. The kind of number you write before you...
A new printer, a stack of tabs, and a quiet July
The BTS I promised: a new printer, a very tabbed manuscript, and why I've been resting.͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ EVE MATSDOTTER The Wicker’s Word WORDS WOVEN, NOT FORGED A NEWSLETTER FROM THE DESK OF EVE MATSDOTTER A new printer, a stack of tabs, and a quiet July A while back I promised you a proper look behind the curtain. The desk, the mess, the actual making of the thing. I'm finally making good on it, and I want to be honest about why the timing lined up. I've had more time at this desk than I planned,...
Flower crowns, pickled herring, and why we celebrate the light
Flower crowns, the longest light of the year, and where Dustling is now.͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ EVE MATSDOTTER The Wicker’s Word WORDS WOVEN, NOT FORGED No. 3 A NEWSLETTER FROM THE DESK OF EVE MATSDOTTER Flower crowns, pickled herring, and why we celebrate the light I'm writing this with slightly sticky fingers and the particular kind of tired that only comes from dancing the frog dance around a flower-covered maypole at midnight in broad daylight. Swedish Midsummer. If you've never experienced it:...
The light is back, and so am I
Summer found Sweden, my TBR is stacked, and there are two new tools waiting in your Vault.͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ EVE MATSDOTTER The Wicker’s Word WORDS WOVEN, NOT FORGED No. 2 A NEWSLETTER FROM THE DESK OF EVE MATSDOTTER The light is back, and so am I Summer finally found us up here. If you've never waited out a Swedish winter, I can't quite explain what the first warm week does to a person. The light comes back and stays late, the trees remember how to be green, and I drag my notebook outside like it...
Well. Here we are. (First edition of The Wickers Word 🐍)
A book, a giveaway, and me being very nervous about this button.͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ EVE MATSDOTTER The Wicker’s Word WORDS WOVEN, NOT FORGED No. 1 A NEWSLETTER FROM THE DESK OF EVE MATSDOTTER Well. Here we are. (First edition of The Wickers Word 🐍) Hi, you beautiful people. I genuinely cannot believe I am sending this. I have written this opener about six times, deleted it, made a cup of tea, stared out the window, and written it again. But here it is. The first ever Wickers Word. And you are reading...