Multi-Genre Author of YA Fantasy and Non-Fiction Self-Help
Writing a book is a huge task. That book idea you’ve had may have been bubbling away under your skin for years, like an itch you can’t scratch! You read about full-time authors who gather their writing materials and float down the path to their writing shed at the bottom of the garden, rattling out… Continue reading What are your biggest frustrations when writing a book? #WritingTips #MondayBlogs #writinglife
Colleen M. Story was one of the first people I connected with when I joined Twitter as a newbie writer many (many!) years ago. I loved her articles and found her content incredibly helpful on my learning journey. I was also honoured to write a guest post for Colleen’s fabulous site. It was only right… Continue reading Author Interview with Colleen M. Story @colleen_m_story #NewRelease Your Writing Matters #TuesdayBookBlog #Writing
Welcome to week 19 of our Top 10 Writing Tips feature. If you’ve missed any of the other top tip posts, you can find them all HERE. Please feel free to pop over and connect with the wonderful authors who have taken part. Next up for the challenge is author and creative writing tutor, Charlie… Continue reading Top 10 Writing Tips by Author Charlie Laidlaw @claidlawauthor #WritingTips
Sacha Black’s Top 10 Writing Tips Welcome to week 6 of our Top 10 Writing Tips by… feature. If you’ve missed any of the other top tip posts you can find them all HERE. Please feel free to pop over and connect with the wonderful authors who have taken part. Next up for the challenge… Continue reading Top 10 Writing Tips by Author Sacha Black @sacha_black #Top10WritingTips
Writing Research Writing fantasy fiction allows me to bend the rules, make stuff up, and be as creative as I want to be. I’ve invented realms, worlds, and races for my Guardian Series, I’ve run with a werewolf pack through Sherwood Forest in my Hood Academy Series, and I’ve turned little red riding hood into… Continue reading Writing Research – How I’m Using My Love of History #Vikings #WritingTips
How to Identify Your Life Lessons Using a Writing Exercise I know first-hand the benefits of writing for healing purposes, and this exercise is one of my favourite personal development tools. It was my creative writing tutor who introduced me to this as we worked on character development. Designed to challenge us as writers, however, I… Continue reading How to Identify Life Lessons Using a Writing Exercise #AmWriting
How to Name Your Fictional Character I’ve recently finished writing the sequel to my last YA supernatural novel, Oath Breaker, and hope to release book two (Oath Keeper) next spring. With any follow-on book the hard work of naming your characters has been covered when you outlined your idea for book one. However, like any… Continue reading How to Name Your Fictional Character #WritingTips
It’s an absolute delight to introduce my next guest to the blog today as she is a popular figure in the blogging community, ‘Boss Lady’ of the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards, and recently published author of the brilliant 13 Steps to Evil writing craft book (you can read my review of the book HERE). So,… Continue reading Meet Author Sacha Black @sacha_black #WritingTips
Title: 13 Steps to Evil: How to Craft Superbad Villains Author: Sacha Black Category: Writers’ Craft Series My Review: I’ve followed Sacha Black’s blog for quite some time and thoroughly enjoy reading her posts on every aspect of the writing profession. When I heard that she had produced the first book in her writers’ craft… Continue reading #BookReview 13 Steps to Evil: How to Craft Superbad Villains by @sacha_black
Title: Writing Dark Stories Author: Rayne Hall Category: Non-Fiction/How-To My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars My Review: Rayne Hall was one of the first writers I followed on Twitter and one of the first to engage with me in a meaningful way. She always replied to any tweets, was quick to reciprocate when I… Continue reading #BookReview Writing Dark Stories by @RayneHall #HowTo #wwwBlogs
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