Probably the most common excuse (yes, I’m being harsh and saying it’s an excuse) for why people don’t start writing is that they can’t find the time. Newsflash: you will never find time. Ever. Something will always come up to… Continue Reading →
No writer emerges fully formed. It’s that simple. When a writer publishes their first book, it’s rarely actually their first completed work. Instead it will be the product of many, many years of false starts and learning from them. Most… Continue Reading →
I wrote recently about how to plan a novel in a week; that is definitely possible. However, I won’t ever claim that it’s possible to edit a novel in a week. In fact, my first two novels took at least… Continue Reading →
So, you’ve always wanted to write a novel. You’ve got a great idea buzzing around in your head and you want 2020 to be the year you use it, but you don’t know where to start. Writing a novel is… Continue Reading →
When I set out to self-publish my book, I almost made a huge mistake. I considered my own reading habits and the fact that I split my reading between my Kindle (other reading devices are available!) and hard copies. This… Continue Reading →
For many (or possibly most) people, marketing doesn’t come easily. It fills you with the image of cold callers and hard sellers, but in reality it can be much more subtle than that. In fact, it can be as simple… Continue Reading →
I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, but I’ve been working hard on marketing A Deadly Rejection and editing my second novel (working title is under wraps for now). But then I was chatting to someone… Continue Reading →
Today I welcome onto the blog my lovely friend Susi Holliday, who also writes as SJI Holliday. Susi has written three crime novels set in the fictional Scottish town of Banktoun, which are a mix of police procedural and psychological… Continue Reading →
Podcasts are an invaluable resource. I was a bit of a latecomer, usually not having the time to listen to them, or so I thought. Then I tried out a couple and found that it was worth making time in… Continue Reading →
I’m sure every author’s heart sinks when they’re asked the question ‘So, where do you get your ideas?’. It’s as if the speaker suspects that there’s an ideas shop where we go to buy them. But we all know that… Continue Reading →
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