I don’t know about you, but I often hesitate before picking up an enormous book, even if I know it has a fabulous reputation and friends are urging me to read it. Even though I am a quick and voracious reader, it’s quite an investment, isn’t it? So...
As I mentioned last month, i’m finishing off a novel which has been on the go for quite a while, and part of me wonders if I could’ve written it more quickly. So here are some tips I’ve gathered from thinking about my own mistakes, and it all comes...
I’ve just finished a book which I literally could not stop reading. This was a bit inconvenient as I started reading it fairly late at night, but sometimes that is just how it goes. Write off the next day through lack of sleep, wander around in a daze, in awe of...
April: Editing tips. I’m nearing the end of yet another draft of a middle grade novel which I’ve been writing for…. oh at least three centuries it feels like. (Actually I’ve just checked and I started my first ever draft of this in 2017.) I...
There is a bit of a theme developing here with these blogs. A yearning to get back out into the world. Not surprising really. Anyway this month’s blog is about Road Trips. Stories often involve a ‘quest’, and therefore there are many brilliant books...
I don’t know about you but I’m beginning to feel a bit optimistic about the coming months, and that feeling always energises my writing. So this month I’m going to make some suggestions to help you expand your writing bandwidth. First off, if you are...
