I have started a novel... My first novel. And it is really scary, but at the same time exciting. My characters are talking and I'm listening. So what's it about? Well, here is a super short synopsis. The story is told over one day. The secrecy and lies overlay a broken home, and ask of the… Continue reading New Beginnings…
Tag: creative writing
I’ve read a story…
Happy Halloween! Shadows Close is now available to buy on Amazon so I thought I'd create a teaser... (With the publishers expertise - thanks Annie). I've read a story. It is Chapter 12 'Open House'. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF4Hm7rf2aE&feature=youtu.be
Bad Luck comes in 3s
Bad Luck 1 - I still have no idea what DNS is, just that when I finally got broadband back it wasn't working... Last Monday (20th October) we had a storm hit here. It was nasty with very high winds. I went to bed with broadband working and work up with no phone line or… Continue reading Bad Luck comes in 3s
Shadows Close is ready for pre-order
Yes! The book is ready for pre-order! It will be out on the 31st of October and I can't believe it. I really worked to the wire with this one... The paperback is fully illustrated and the ebook is just the stories (no illustrations). It is also registered in Kindle Unlimited, so you can download it for… Continue reading Shadows Close is ready for pre-order
Trigger words and blogging
Actually it is all writing. I would love to say that my life has been all roses and chocolates, but it hasn't. Instead, I have had my time crying in corners and flinching in fear, but I don't let that rule my life. I stand with it at my back, but I don't continuously look… Continue reading Trigger words and blogging
Where has the time gone?
I am rushed off my feet. I mean... I knew I had deadlines but this is ridiculous. I am working but feeling as if all I'm managing to do is stay in the same place. I know I'm not. But it feels like it. So the book will be out on the 31st October, but… Continue reading Where has the time gone?
A challenge that has led to an exclusive sneak-peak of ‘Shadows Close’.
I have been challenged to take up 777 by Kimberly. Basically to post the seventh page after the seventh line for seven lines of a work in progress... Does that make sense? Hope so. But Shadows Close is due to be published on the 31st of October so I thought, what about the whole of… Continue reading A challenge that has led to an exclusive sneak-peak of ‘Shadows Close’.
Will be out on Halloween!
The synopsis – bain of my writing…
I can't do them. I mean how do you take a novel and make it one page long... One page! And that is double spaced, 12pt Times New Roman... It's hardly anything! BUT (an it is a huge but), I have just been on a course about how to find an agent/publisher. Now I knew… Continue reading The synopsis – bain of my writing…
Agents and things that go bump in the night.
I know agents aren't scary. I really do. But still they are the one thing I dread about writing. On one hand I want to get one, to be able to hand a book over and say find a publisher would be bliss, but I have also heard some horror stories about them changing your… Continue reading Agents and things that go bump in the night.
Kate Murray - Cleaver 