Novel Research
Within Fiction Real Life Exists. Now my crime novel Stone Angels has been signed off by the publisher and my job apart from promoting it…
Putting together ideas
I'm lost in the English Civil War. Okay, so I'm English and I knew we had a Civil War. I knew it had something to…
The Basic Concept of Your Book in a Nutshell
Can you sum your book up in a sentence, or do you Hmm & Ahh your way through explaining the plot? If you find yourself…
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Good Writing Requires Concentration
For the last few days, I’ve stepped back from my writing as other jobs around my home are calling for my attention. Have a break…
It’s a person rather than a thing.
I’m busy editing the final chapters of my crime novel Stone Angels after my publisher had worked through them. Stone Angels is as close to…
Believing in oneself.
We all have insecurities. No matter who we are, or where we are from. Rich or poor and whatever the colour of our skin may…
How does an unknown writer find readers?
I’m busy trying to think outside the box. I need more readers to buy my books, but how to I find them in a crowded…
Why not be a writer?
Have you, or did you really think hard about what being a writer means? Put to one side all romantic notions of sitting under a…
Publicity Shots and Book Trailers
I’ve been rather busy over the last few days trying to think outside the box as far as marketing my three books. I checked out…
From The Funeral Birds To As The Crow Flies 