Characters in books are real people. They are born from the mind of an author who observes the people around them. Their inner writer, the always vigilant note taker, keeps an eye out for interesting personalities, quirks, idiosyncrasies, habits, sayings, mannerisms and everything in between. Writers may copy and paste an entire real life personality …
Ever have one of those unexpected weeks where you learn a lot about yourself? I guess we all learn something new every day, or at least we should otherwise we might as well be toasters, or some other more or less inanimate object. In an effort to write at least one post per week I …
That picture above, dear blog reader, is a proud moment for me. To see my novel on my kindle for the first time is a strange thing indeed. But before you hurry away to look for it on Amazon I should point out that it's not there yet, I was only testing to see what …
Every night I close my eyes and wait for the gates of dreamland to appear in the distance. Before they do I watch words roll across the inside of my eyelids. I write even when I'm not writing. I want to share my novel, The Range, with others, and whilst it may seem like a …
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Here's the thing about writers, even when they're not engaged in the blissful and intimate act of undressing their words on the screen, they're still writing. They write when doing the dishes, driving a car or walking the dog. For the writer the physical act of writing is merely the culmination of their craft. The …
Dave Farmer 