June 30, 2019 The Secret to Filling Out A Scene Sorry, just don’t have the time to come up with one of those clever headlines about “65 ways to clean cat whiskers that will… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 28, 2019 The Little Known Key To a High Word Count A lot of inspiring authors start NaNoWriMo every year, hopeful that this will be the year they finally win NaNo. They try the first… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 27, 2019 Unexpected Ways to Get Ideas for Novels One of the questions best selling novelists get the most from readers and potential authors alike is “Where do you get your ideas?” It… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 24, 2019 The Inner Secrets of My Novels Continuing my chatty talk about my novels and their inspirations. Sometimes when you write a novel, you plan it – and three sentences into… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 23, 2019 When You Don’t Have Enough Words Last of my introspection days, then we’ll be back to “12 easy hacks for unpeeling an orange”. Sometimes editing requires ADDING words. I have… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 22, 2019 The Number One Reason Your Manuscript Will be Rejected It’s truly sad. I’m always pained by stories of writers who sent their novels out too soon. Recently, I read about a writer who… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 20, 2019 7 Mind Shattering Reasons My Easygoing Blogging Manner gets Zero Hits If you study blogging, which I did once upon a time, I hit upon a lot of people who tell you exactly how to… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 3, 2019 The Hardest Lesson to Learn As a Writer After I’d written novel five (and abandoned number 4, because it had derailed), I was sent a video from a producer I was working… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 1, 2019 Why Learning Story Structure Benefits you Good news – this isn’t an April Fools day joke, because you’re about sick of them. What one thing do you need to learn… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
November 22, 2017 Thoughts on “the Island” Okay, I wrote “The Island” in one night. I literally wrote out a basic logline during a break in the day, wrote out a… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)