Does every book need a happy ever after?
When it comes to romance – even dark(ish) romantic comedy, readers have a right to expect that the story ends in a certain way.
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How to switch out of writing mode
What’s your favourite writer-switching-off activity? At the end of your writing day/hour, what do you do to switch out of writing mode?
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What’s it like writing a book?
What it’s really like to be an independent author and write, edit and promote a novel and get it into the hands of readers?
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Publishing will eat itself
Tips on how to get published and places to find FREE and low cost useful advice and tools to help you along the way.
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Writing tips – How to plot using beat sheets
You’ve possibly heard of beat sheets – and if not, let me introduce you to the only tool able to contain my disorganised writer brain. Beat sheets are easy to understand. Each ‘beat’ represents one block of the story.
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Writing Tips: Research … or finding stuff out
Research can be boring. It can be hard. It can be tedious. It will take time away from writing your story. But it’s worth it.
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Pride Month: How to be an ally
It’s Pride Month – and that means companies big and small are adding a rainbow to their logos. Pink-washing as it might be called by the more cynical.
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Making sense of sensitivity in writing
Sensitivity readers are hugely important in publishing today – not just for writers from minority groups themselves but also for people like myself who don’t belong to those groups but want to write about them anyway.
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When a character loves another but doesn’t like them
Whether it’s friends, family members or romantic partners, at some point in our lives we have to navigate relationships with people who we love but don’t like very much.
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Why do I write?
Some years back, I finished reading a novel and longed to read another just like it. A book that sparked the same delight. I struggled.
