Amy Roullier is a British writer and poetry creator. She explores love, loss, heartbreak, toxic relationships, self‑love, and healing.
Your friends probably won’t read your book – and here’s why that’s not the betrayal it feels like. As a writer, it breaks my heart that strangers are more likely to support a small time indie writer than friends or family. However, I’m going to tell you why. So, you did something awesome. Perhaps wrote a book. What’s the harm in your friends saying, “Nice one Beth,” then actually buying …
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 …
The Benefits of a Portfolio Career in Poetry and Writing | By Amy Roullier. Poetry rarely ever pays its way in anything other than emotional resonance. If you’re hoping to make money as a poet, become ultra-famous, pay off your debts, buy a house, and quit your corporate job to let poetry take care of you. Well, you might be disappointed. For most of us, poetry doesn’t pay in pounds …
Things I’ve Learned About Self-Publishing a Poetry Book | By Amy Roullier. In 2024, I self-published my first poetry collection, Silent Reflections of a Fragile Heart. This year, I’m preparing to release my second, Sundays with Myself. I’ve even got a third poetry collection waiting in the wings for 2026, alongside a non-fiction book; part personal memoir, part social analysis, part research, and part pissed-off woman ready to rewrite the …
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 …
Self-Published, Still Self-Doubting: Leaning to Believe I’m a Writer | By Amy Roullier. I didn’t start writing for fame or money. Although the idea of giving up my day job to retreat to a cottage in the countryside and write full-time sounds like a fantastic reality. I wrote for two reasons: 1) The love of writing.That deep, anchoring feeling in my soul when something comes alive the moment I let …
Finding My Way Back to Words After Grief | By Amy Roullier. After losing my grandad in February, for the first time in five years, I lost the urge to write. You’d think, as a chronic oversharer, I’d have spilled every feeling onto the page. That I’d voice the pain through late-night notes and cathartic paragraphs of heartache. But I didn’t. I didn’t want to feel my feelings. Not on …
