Inspiring the Uninspired
Querying agents is daunting, exciting, difficult, wonderful...there are so many ways to feel during the process. Each submission is different (or at least it should be), because each agent is different. One thing that should be consistent is your research. You're looking for the best person to represent your novel, all your hard work. It's… Continue reading 5 Ways To Find Out More About Agents
Writing is a skill, and like all skills it cane be learned and honed. Some people have a natural talent and flare for certain things, others have to try a little harder. Wherever you stand, if you love writing you should write. And if you'd like to improve and grow there are plenty of ways… Continue reading Writing: Ways to Learn the Craft
Writing is a journey, and each project you work on is its own adventure. Deciding to write a novel is a huge choice, and when done it's a huge accomplishment. You learn so much...and before you know it, it's over and it's time to write another one. These are some of the things I realised… Continue reading The Things You Realise When Writing Your Second Novel
Good morning world-builders and inspiration seekers! I hope you've had a great week. I've come from a week of writer's doubt myself, and I'm sure you all know that crushing feeling. All those questions; what if I'm not good enough? Is this all a bunch of rubbish? What the hell am I doing?! So I thought… Continue reading 5 Things To Do When You’re Doubting Your Manuscript
Morning all, I hope your week has been full of success and happiness. I'm querying at the moment, which means I am receiving rejections in interludes, from agents I've submitted to. It's such an odd experience, and I wanted to share some tips of how to handle your novel being rejected. 1. Allow yourself to… Continue reading 10 Things to do When Your Novel has Been Rejected by an Agent
Morning writers, I hope you've had a lovely week. A couple of weeks ago I started writing a synopsis based on the early draft of my second novel. Like many writers, I find synopsis writing tedious, difficult and frustrating. However, they are a necessary evil, published or unpublished. The method I ended up using this… Continue reading Synopsis Writing: A Step By Step Method
Happy New Year, writers! We're almost a week into the New Year, and I know that everybody has been setting amazing goals, ahead of a fantastic year of writing, editing and hopefully publishing! I wrote a post last year, on how to achieve your 2018 writing goals, so it seemed only right to offer some… Continue reading How to Achieve your 2019 Writing Goals
Morning all. It's that time again, the brink of a new year. Last year, I posted a similar post, highlighting my writing achievements from 2017. It may a bit out of my usual blogs, which aim to share tips and inspiration, however I've said before that I also want this blog to be a record… Continue reading 7 Writing Achievements from 2018
It's been an exciting week for writing! Perhaps the most exciting one of all... ...a huge factor for this was that I finished the first draft of my second novel; Vanishing Act. It's a VERY rough first draft, that needs not only editing but re-writing. But it's a first draft none the less. When I… Continue reading 5 Tips For Writing the First Draft
Morning writers, I hope you've had a lovely week! It's been a busy one here, and set to get busier, but nothing will ever stop me finding the time on a Sunday morning to blog. I submitted my first novel to agents in September. And it's a long old wait for rejections and feedback. It's… Continue reading 5 Useful Things To Do While You’re Waiting to Hear Back From Agents
