Amy Roullier is a British writer and poetry creator. She explores love, loss, heartbreak, toxic relationships, self‑love, and healing.
Becoming Obsessed with the Writing Process | By Amy Roullier For a long time, I thought writing was about being chosen. Chosen by readers. Chosen by publishers. Chosen by algorithms, metrics, numbers on a screen that would somehow prove my words mattered. It hadn’t started that way, but a few years down the road, being chosen became a more important factor in my writing. But about a year ago, my …
When Phone Scrolling Feels Like Self-Harm for the Mind: Phone scrolling addiction for writers | By Amy Roullier I often struggle to find a healthy balance between sharing my art online and spending way too much time on social media. I’ve lost countless nights to the vortex of videos, reels, endless feeds, and the black hole that is the comment section. I tell myself it’s research. I tell myself it’s …
Why I Keep Writing (Even When It Doesn’t Always Love Me Back) | By Amy Roullier. Last week was a whirlwind away from home, my partner, the dogs, and any chance to write. I’m so grateful to love my day job, but when I go too long without writing, a quiet melancholy starts to creep in. So here I am on a Sunday evening, curled up on the sofa with …
Write the Book Anyway — Someone Needs Your Art | By Amy Roullier It’s been nearly a year since I released my first poetry collection, Silent Reflections of a Fragile Heart. Did it sell millions of copies? No. Has it even reached triple digits? Not yet.Have I gone viral, quit my day job, and become a full-time writer? Definitely not. So… what’s there to be happy about? Well, I wrote …
7 Unexpected Benefits of a Self-Prescribed Autumnal Writers Retreat | By Amy Roullier, British Author & Poet. I’ve just arrived in the Yorkshire countryside for a little self-prescribed writers retreat. A much-needed escape to make headway on my second poetry collection. At home, the distractions were endless: laundry, emails, and that never-ending to-do list. I needed somewhere quiet. Somewhere emotive. Somewhere that could bring me back to myself. So, I …
The Quiet Death of a Writer in the Age of Content | By Amy Roullier. How Content Creation Hijacked My Writing Life As writers turned content creators, we shouldn’t have to sell our souls just to sell our art on social media. But alas, that’s the world we live in. We’re told to grab attention within seconds, to create scroll-stopping content, to build meaningful connections online. We’re encouraged to pull …
A Writer’s Mind is Never Still | By Amy Roullier. You could be forgiven for believing that a writer who isn’t writing… isn’t writing. But while the pen might not literally be meeting paper, figuratively, the mind is always tapping away. I reflected on this today. After a few intensely packed months where, unfortunately, actual writing time has been scarce, the day has finally come: pen can meet paper. I’ve …
