Sarah Potter from SarahPotterWrites has kindly tagged me in a most interesting feature, called the 777 Challenge. I'm honoured by the tag, and I thank her for the thought. It's spooky timing as I'm preparing to release my novel on Friday 28th November, on Amazon. Exciting and scary times! Since I announced the launch date …
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Meet My Character Blog Tour
Fellow Wordsmith Sarah Potter at SarahPotterWrites has tagged me in the Meet My Character Blog Tour, which is pretty damn fabulous! It's been almost a month since I last posted anything, and I cry your pardon dear blog reader, as I've been busy stepping through Imaginationland crafting The Holt, the follow-up to my novel, The …
The secret lives of characters
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 …
Book covers, Skyrim and the speech mark conundrum
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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My Undead 2013
Bloggers have a habit of starting the new year with a recap of the previous one - where they've been, achievements fulfilled, goals for the year ahead, high-five moments and all that jazz. I guess I could bang on about the gorgeous UK summer or which of my posts I'm most proud of, but as …
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