A Goodreads user asked Alice Oseman:

Good morning/evening/night/whenever! :D Hope your day's been good and productive so far (no pressure on you to release the new installment of Heartstopper or anything). You've inspired me, and countless other queer teens, in ways difficult to express. And I'm curious, how did you juggle writing with Uni duties? Thanks in advance from one time-short college student with a WiP about queer mermaids :)

Alice Oseman Thank you so much, this is so lovely to hear! At university I did not do a lot of work - I didn't go to many of my lectures and I didn't read much of the reading lists. I got away with this because I studied English literature, and I know that doing this might not be possible for people studying other subjects! Don't beat yourself up for not being able to focus on writing while you have education commitments - just use whatever time you can to do a little bit of writing every now and then, whether that's in the evenings, or just at weekends, or even just in the holidays.

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