If you’ve stuck with this through the previous parts of this blog series (research, characters, and plotting) then thank you! Section 5 is going to be packed with tips for editing. Editing is fun for me, and as it’s how… Continue Reading →
I didn’t post last week because, well, I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that world matters have (once again) been hard to comprehend. And the post I was going to share didn’t quite feel right. So I’ve dug… Continue Reading →
I’ve recently finished the first edit of the first book in my Cauldron Trilogy. Well I say edit, in truth it’s better catergorised as a pre-edit. The main idea was not to edit any of the actual text, but instead… Continue Reading →
Editing your writing is a long process. There’s no magic wand for it, nor a whistle that blows when your done. But before you send it off, hit print, or self-publish, it’s good to do one last sweep to make… Continue Reading →
It sounds simple. Writers write. It kind of goes with the territory. And if we didn’t like, nay love, nay were obsessed by writing we wouldn’t do it. But the things we can love we can also, at times, dislike,… Continue Reading →
I’ve just finished the first draft of The Cauldron Trilogy (part one) – and it sucks. But that’s okay because ALL first drafts suck. Every single one. And that’s absolutely fine. Writing is re-writing. Take a look at the first/annotated… Continue Reading →
George Orwell’s grave lies in the small village of Sutton Courtenay. George Orwell’s contribution to writing, goes beyond his own books. Arguably the father of modern dystopian fiction, we use a lot of terms from his book “Nineteen Eight-Four” in… Continue Reading →
Thoughts are curious creatures. They’re generated by our own minds and yet we don’t always have power over them. I don’t think writers have more thoughts than anyone else, but perhaps some of us have ones that are more potent… Continue Reading →
It’s all over. Both the year and my book. Completing the book has been my biggest achievement and one I didn’t expect to happen. When I looked back at my New Years postfrom January 2015, I was surprised to find… Continue Reading →
After many machinations, alterations, deletions, frustrations and other things ending with -tion I have finally finished The Book. I have bits of this book on my computer that date back to 2011 – yikes! All 29 chapters now stand before… Continue Reading →
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