Research the front covers of your genre –
If you understand what is catching about the covers of your genre you can incorporate them into your own. This will create a sense of...
Planning Always Helps (even after the 1st draft)
It aids your editing process. I usually start with a timeline, where my characters start and where they want to go, adding in the...
In a Writing Slump?
I always go back to Disney when this happens. It allows me to reconnect with my childhood memories, which is where my creativity lies, or...
THAT!
I hate the word. If I find myself in a situation where I am about to use it, I delete the sentence and start again. The world just...
Bad Reviews
I'm included in a lot of writing facebook groups, and I spend a lot of time flicking around through the posts. I like to see writers...
November is around the corner!
Okay, so I'm starting to feel a little guilty about not keeping you guys up to date with this thing. But the truth is, work is tough and...
Reading
I would like to think this post will be one your scroll past because you have heard it all before. But just in case, I am going to put it...
Word Count
There have been many questions about novel word counts. It's a difficult question to answer, the base line for a novel is 50,000 words,...
I need a rant!
I need to rant about something that people might not have noticed, but once you have finished reading this post, you'll notice them...
My Summer Break
So after publishing Phaser on the 2nd of August and did a bit more work afterward, I thought it would be a good time to have a bit of a...