Perhaps you thought that when you typed ‘The End’ (if you do), you’d finished writing your novel. Well, sadly not. It’s like being pregnant and not realising you have a good twenty years ahead of you dealing with the result. Slightly less drastic with a book, but it’s still your creation, your baby, and it […]
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Flying from Paris to Montréal (pronounced in the Francophone world as ‘Mon_roy_al’) was full of brain-fodder for me as a writer! Over the seven hours, my other half and I watched films, ate slightly strange food and thought about the next few weeks of our Big Trip. But best of all was chatting to two […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!June 13th, 2015 | Tags: Characters | Category: Insights, Travel, Writing skills | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) I belong to a local writers’ circle and yesterday it was my turn to lead the session. We have a lively discussion which resulted in more ideas. Here’s a potted version… 1. Know what you really want Not what other people, e.g. family, spouses and friends think you want, nor what you think you should […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!March 19th, 2015 | Tags: Being a writer, Hard graft, Help, writing group | Category: Authors, Writing life, Writing skills | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) My writing desk at Lumb Bank When I started my first novel, INCEPTIO, I had no idea what I was doing. Writing was an impulse, a reaction to a dire film and thinking I could produce something better. But not even halfway through the first draft, I realised I had a far bigger […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 9th, 2015 | Tags: Books, Characters, Hard graft, Inceptio, intrigue, PERFIDITAS, plot, Roma Nova, SUCCESSIO, thriller, trilogies | Category: Authors, Writing life, Writing skills | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) So, split the atom time. Well, as I’ve created two blogs out of one, it’s more a case of splitting the byte. Being an author today means developing entrepreneurial skills, especially marketing ones. I’m not talking about selling – although that’s ultra important – but about making people aware of your book’s, or books’, existence. […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!January 29th, 2015 | Tags: advice, blogs, change, point of divergence, reader site, writing life | Category: Authors, Blog admin, Readers, Roma Nova, Writing life, Writing skills | Comments are closed |
   
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