There are some blogs I follow that always deliver great advice for writers, and one of these is Writers in the Storm. For ages now I’ve been trying to increase my daily word count. This week Writers in the Storm published this great post, which I’m reblogging here: 8 Tips on Writing Faster – and…… Continue reading 8 Tips on Writing Faster from Writers in the Storm
Well, another month has passed, and it’s time for our Round Robin already. Where do all the weeks go? It’s a good question to ask for this post, since this week’s theme is on the subject of time – namely, how do we find time to read, and time to write? My answer to the…… Continue reading How to put down your book and start writing more productively
About a year ago I joined an excellent support group called Marketing for Romance Writers. The group was started by Kayelle Allen, initially for romance writers, as the title suggests, but now, because the promotional advice and support offered by the group is so wide-ranging, the group encompasses writers of all genres. The MFRW group…… Continue reading Promoting your new book – advice from #MFRWauthor @kayelleallen
With the proliferation of websites, blogs and e-zines, there’s never been a better time for writers to target the market for short articles. I’m delighted to welcome author Joan Leotta today, with a (short!) article on how to go about it. Thanks for your time, Joan! * * * * * Writing short articles So,…… Continue reading Author Joan Leotta on writing short articles
In three days at the brilliant Edinburgh Book Festival I packed in a mighty amount, and came away with so much learned and so much to think about that I thought I’d put some of it down here, before I forgot everything :)Here are some of the authors I was lucky enough to see, in…… Continue reading Things I learned about writing at the Edinburgh Book Festival
You may remember I interviewed author Heather Greenis a while back about just after the release of the first novel in Natasha’s Saga. All four novels in the saga have now been released, and so I’ve invited author Heather Greenis back in order to find out how she went about writing a story of this…… Continue reading Heather Greenis on writing Natasha’s Saga
At the Romantic Novelists’ Association Conference last week I attended a seminar entitled Universal Elements of Romance Fiction, hosted by Catherine LaRoche. Catherine LaRoche is a professor of gender and cultural studies at a college in the US, and has just finished a year at Leeds University in the UK. (My old uni, and home…… Continue reading A man’s world? The lot of the heroine in contemporary romance
This post by Mona Karel was originally written for Marketing for Romance Writers . Point of view is something that writers often struggle with, as Mona explains here, and so I thought this was worth sharing. Hope you find it useful! * We hear a lot about Point of View (POV) and how some well…… Continue reading There is a Point Behind Point of View
All writers suffer from a block at some stage or another, and all of them suffer in different ways, and for different underlying reasons. Here’s how mine goes: I go to bed thinking right, I’ll get up early tomorrow and get going with my new story. But even as I’m lying there, I’m thinking, ‘Why…… Continue reading The misery of writer’s block
A couple of weeks ago I divulged the exciting news that my first novel, The Silk Romance, is a contender for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Award for new writers. For the past few weeks I’ve been interviewing many of the other authors who are up for the same award, and showcasing their novels. Today I…… Continue reading My leading lady, Sophie, plus some useful sites for writers
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