Bestselling UK author Mo Fanning offers tips on how to get published and attract the attention of agents, as well as hints on how to sharpen up your writing. As well as a series of well-received romantic comedies, Mo is a creative writing coach.
I’m midway through the third draft of what I hope to share either later this year or early next and the story continues to twist and turn and bend into all kinds of new shapes.
Writing: How to decide on the story I want to tell Read More »
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to launch a series of steamy, romance novels with gold embossed covers and single word titles.
Johnson bids for female vote with saucy, sexy romance novels Read More »
This is a review for Rebuilding Alexandra Small from Ceri’s Lil Blog, as part of my book launch blog tour. I was drawn to this book as I was intrigued by the emoji style cover and the title. I wondered how each fitted into the plot, and how Alexandra Small goes about rebuilding her life
Difficult to put down … Read More »
It’s time for the Fannings to leave Brighton and float up the country. Hopefully coming to land somewhere in the middle – far, far from neighbours. Like Alexandra Small in my upcoming book, we’re moving from the home we’ve never really loved enough to want to make it forever. While Allie’s hand is somewhat forced
Think of the neighbours Read More »
I’ve had an unreliable washing machine, an unreliable car, and worst of all roller-coaster results from a not entirely trustworthy recipe for spaghetti carbonara. And yet I persist. It’s the same with an unreliable narrator. Make the people who live on your pages too predictably perfect, and nobody will care.
Everybody loves an unreliable narrator … don’t they? Read More »
A 16-point character creation checklist. Not knowing enough about the characters in your story is the biggest cause of writer’s block.
16 ways for writers to create a rounded character Read More »
Do you plan your writing or ‘fly by the seat of your pants’? Which is right and why does a mix of these two approaches lead to success?
Planner or pantser – what sort of writer are you? Read More »
Mo Fanning looks back at 2020 – a year of reading, writing and anything but the bloody pandemic. Take a moment to join him.
2020: That was the year that was Read More »
Remember 2019? The worst year ever. Putting politics to one side, it was one of those years that took away too many beloved famous faces. On 31 December 2019, many breathed a sigh of relief and looked forward to something better.
Christmas – Things can only get better … surely? Read More »
I spent my Manchester years stumbling from one bar and bed to another. If I’d written only of familiar things, my debut novel would have told a very different story.
Write what you know … and other myths exploded Read More »
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