Tag: writing tips
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A to Z Challenge – Day 7: G is for Genre
Hi all, I thought I’d briefly touch on genre today. It can be a tricky issue for any writer – there can be a great tendency, especially in ‘traditional publishing’ to want to be able to neatly pigeon-hole a novel and a writer into a tidy little box. On some level you can understand this,…
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A to Z Challenge – Day 6: F is for First Draft
Hi all, Hope you all had a fab weekend. Mine was busy to say the least – but back to the routine today and back to this challenge. Today I wanted to talk about first drafts. I don’t know any writers who don’t constantly get insecure about their work – sadly it goes with the…
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A to Z Challenge – Day 5: E is for Evoke
Hi all, Well, it’s the first weekend of the challenge already! I’m quite enjoying it, though must admit with a busy weekend planned where I’m stuck working all day Saturday and then have a parental visit then perhaps it’s just as well there are no posts on a Sunday 🙂 Anyway, my E is for…
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A to Z Challenge – Day 4: D is for Dream
Hi all, Well, it’s currently 1am here, have just got in from an epic gig from my absolute favourite band of all time – the Manic Street Preachers and oops, just remembered that I haven’t written anything for this challenge for D-day (perhaps slightly apt under the circumstances!) so this will be a rather short…
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A to Z Challenge – Day 3: C is for Character
Hi all, Today I wanted to talk about characters. I truly believe that the characters are the most important part of any story – sure there can be an elaborate plot, some exciting action, a wonderful setting but if I don’t feel some kind of connection to the characters then I tend to lose interest.…
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Weekend Writing Warriors – 02/03/2014
Hi all, It’s Sunday again – where does the week go? – and I’m once again joining in the Weekend Writing Warriors hop. This week, since I’m working up to going back to rewrites on Psychic Shadows, I thought I would ‘go back to start’ and share an excerpt from one of the early chapters.…
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Valentine’s Free Read – Part 1
Hi all, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. This week has seen me busy doing the last line edits and checks for my flash fiction entries in the Breathless Press My Bloody Valentine anthology. I have two stories in it, ‘Tempting Sin’ and ‘Siren’s Call’. I’ve also managed to get a sneak peek at the cover…