Summary
Georgie Martin shares her inspiring journey from a traditional upbringing to becoming a self-published author, emphasizing the importance of pursuing one's dreams despite societal expectations. After graduating high school, she took a gap year to travel around Australia in a van she built herself, which profoundly shaped her perspective on life and creativity. This experience fueled her desire to break away from conventional paths and explore her passion for writing.
In her conversation, Martin reflects on her creative process, detailing how she developed a unique magic system for her book that expands beyond the traditional four elements to include eight. She discusses the challenges of writing her first book, which took three years to complete, and her decision to self-publish for greater creative control. Despite the fear of putting her work into the world, she remains optimistic about her future and the potential for her stories to resonate with others. Martin's dedication to inspiring others to pursue their dreams is evident, as she encourages those who doubt their abilities to take the leap and create.
Show Notes
Georgie Martin will not follow the crowd. A woman of her own mind. She is the reminder that just because everyone is doing one thing; you don't have to. You can carve your own path...even if you don't know where to start... START! If you are looking for some inspiration to start today....this is IT!
Georgie Martin grew up on the Central Coast of NSW, where she spent her school years at Hunter School of the Performing Arts. In hindsight, that probably explains why she can write a scene without picturing exactly how it would look staged. She wrote the first draft of Veins of Gold three years ago now, from a bus she built herself, somewhere on the road around Australia. Years of editing followed, then editing again, then editing some more, including one particularly long stretch spent deciding whether “Sentinel” deserved a capital S. (It did.)
These days, Georgie lives in Sydney, going from one adventure to the next and chasing big dreams along the way. She reads constantly, travels whenever she can talk herself into it, and yes, she still writing. (More soon.) None of it would have happened without the people behind her: a loving, supportive family and boyfriend who backed the whole plan from day one, bus and all. She writes stories designed to feel like an escape – keeping readers in another world a little longer than they intended.
Thank-you Georgie for sitting with me and sharing.
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