Writing a book comes with many challenges. You might struggle with character development, with consistency, or with repetitions which seem to sneak into your draft…
Fantasy Author, Fiction Editor, and Self-Publishing Mentor
Writing a book comes with many challenges. You might struggle with character development, with consistency, or with repetitions which seem to sneak into your draft…
I instantly fall in love when I pick up a new fantasy book and there’s a map at the front. Chances are I’ll buy it,…
Naming places in my WIP is hard. I don’t mean whole countries, I usually struggle alright through those (more detail in a bit), but towns…
I don’t know about you, but the word ‘history’ always reminds me of high school where the same stuff was repeated every year, and where one sentence…
Creating a whole world from scratch is easily one of my favourite parts of being an author – but it’s also one of the trickiest…
What’s better than one writer’s routine? You guessed it – eight of them! 😀 As writers we’re naturally curious and, yes, nosy, so today I’m…
Scrivener is one of the best things I’ve done for myself in 2016. If you were already following me earlier this year, when I was…
I’m really excited about this month’s guest post, because the wonderful Beverley Lee, author of The Making of Gabriel Davenport, is here today to talk about her…
If you’re a writer, self-published or otherwise, sooner or later you will receive your very first negative review (*sigh* It’s a right of passage, all…
Since the last few discussions went so well I thought I’d host another! 🙂 Today I’d like your opinions on character diversity! Allow me to…