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Cunning Plans & Fiendish Plots
A classic subject for blogs and other discussions on writing is plotting and whether one is a ‘pantser’ (someone who flies by the seat of their pants, not someone who writes pants/crap plots) or a...
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Writing, Reading and Loving
These three things are inextricably interlinked for me. When I am reading a story I love, I feel most inspired to write. And, I like to think I’m aware enough that I don’t fall into that trap of...
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Gone Sailin’– Things to read while I’m away
HMS Victory, dry-docked in Portsmouth I’m going to be away for most of next week – I’m visiting the seaside, and this first-rate ship of the line,* huzzah! - and I didn’t want to leave my lovely...
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Character Flaws
A de-motivational poster, but it could be a motivation for your character. I love a good bit of synchronicity … I’ve been reading Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy recently, having already read and loved...
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Write What You Don’t Know, While Knowing What You Write
Rowenna of Rowenna, Writing has made a couple of interesting posts over the past week about that age-old writing adage of ‘writing what you know’. She asks whether we should write what we know and get...
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Lessons from a Failed Writer: The Importance of Routine and Stamina
Be warned, here be honesty! Since I was young I’ve wanted to be ‘a writer’* and I’ll be 30 this year without a finished novel to my name. I’ve got a WIP that has been WIPing for 4 years now. I’d...
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