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Interview With Author Kevin Morris
This week we have Kevin Morris, who takes the honour of being the last formal author interview, next week we may have a guest interview running along these lines, but for now, this brings an end to the...
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Evoking Memories – A Writers Must
I spoke a little about evoking memories recently in my post: 5 Reasons Why Writers Should Be Secret Agents. But I wanted to delve a little deeper into the science behind how senses and in particular...
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Where Are All The LGBT Characters?
Can anyone tell me a blockbuster famous novel they have read with a main character that was either gay or lesbian? Don’t worry, I’ll wait whilst you scratch your head to think… still haven’t thought...
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10 Reasons Why Being A Writer is Like Being A Parent
Today is my son’s 2nd birthday. Even though I’ve written this in advance, trust me when I say, I cannot believe that two years has passed. Time has always seemed to fly by, but its at moments like this...
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Everything You Need To Know BEFORE You Start To Edit
I finished the first draft of my novel in August last year. I was B.U.Z.Z.I.N.G I’d finally done what I said I’d do – write a book… Ok, I finished a draft. I listened to the advice you gave on what I...
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Understanding YA, NA and MG – A Writers Bible
One of the most salient memories I have from childhood, was the desire to grow up. I was like the opposite of Peter Pan. I couldn’t get old fast enough. Sixteen was this magical creature where suddenly...
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3 Things You Need To Create The Perfect Gothic Story With @Icysedgwick
Over the next month or so I am trying to finish my book so I can do the underwear eating exercise of handing my book baby to beta readers, *gulp*. I wanted to keep to two posts a week, but couldn’t...
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Master The Outline – 12 Methods For Plotters & Pantsers – Part I
If you cut my wrist, I’d bleed pantser all over you. Which, for anyone that knows me in real life, is about as ironic as you can get. I’m hyper organised. I have lists of lists and spreadsheets to make...
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2016 Books of The Year
2015 saw me read a disgraceful three books. There was no way in literary heaven I was going to read just three books in 2016. So this year I decided to set myself a challenge. The Goodreads challenge....
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Untangle Plot Problems With This Quick Tip #MondayBlogs #amwriting
Writers talk about their characters being disobedient all the time. It’s like some kind of cosmic joke, we spend weeks planning, checking, re-checking. We dust our shirt collar in a smug, ‘I’ve...
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4 Reasons Why Sprinting is the New Writing
I perpetually struggle for time. I missed my writespiration by a day last week, and I am writing this post far too late on Sunday night. Time is a constant problem for me and most working authors I...
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Adultland Excerpt
Ali, sets a weekly writing challenge, I try to participate where I can, although the days of me doing several challenges each week has dwindled. But this week I did participate. Partly because her...
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6 Ways to Prepare for NaNoWriMo
It’s that time of the year again, as the Northern hemisphere slips into the burnt orange hues of autumn and the Southern hemisphere whips out its sparkly hot pants ready for spring, writers around the...
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