Trying to Write a Synopsis for the first time
The New Year started very well for me when I found out that I had been accepted on to the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme. This means that I have until the end of August to submit...
View ArticleHow I used story structure to help me write my synopsis
Last week’s post was all about doing the research for writing my first synopsis. I had been meaning to do it for some time but once I’d finished my first round of editing, there was no longer an excuse...
View ArticleHow to stay sane while rewriting
Fear seems to be the theme for a lot of my posts so far this year I have been steadily rewriting my first draft for a while now, in fact for the first part of my story, this is more like rewrite number...
View ArticlePrepping for my first April Camp NaNoWriMo
It is coming up to a year since I started writing my first novel. This time last year, I hadn’t even heard of NaNoWriMo. I just sat down at my computer one day, inspired to write a story and got on...
View ArticleCamp NaNoWriMo April 2014 Winner!
This morning, I have written a colossal 1,850 words to finally meet my Camp NaNoWriMo goal of writing 25,000 words this month. As you know from my post last week though, I was actually away on holiday...
View ArticleGiving My First Talk as an Author
Me in full swing! My first author talk at my local library has now been and gone but I am still glowing from the wonderful evening I enjoyed there. The library staff were very kind in helping me set...
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