Romance Author & Book Blogger
I was chatting with my author friend, Bettina Hunt, on our Friday Facetime with G&T’s, about writing novels. We started off comparing our different novel writing processes and then after a few more glugs of our G&T’s we came up with this superb analogy about writing a novel. We likened it to going on a […]
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On this blog I like to record tales from my book writing journey. Hopefully a few of my readers will relate to my experiences. Today I am going to tell you about how my approach to makeup changed while writing my debut novel; Instructions For Falling In Love Again. Makeup became my secret weapon while […]
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It’s not easy being married to a writer. We are strange creatures. Here are some useful tips on how to survive being married to a writer: 1. Accept the fact that you will spend a lot of your marriage talking about people, events and locations that don’t actually exist. 2. When your writer wakes you […]
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The story idea that is not meant to be written straightaway is a pesky little devil. It will trick you, the writer, into thinking it is not worth pursuing and will let out a wicked laugh as you shelve the first few pages. As you walk away your naughty little story idea will blow a […]
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It’s not easy being a writer. We find ourselves drawn to tweed based outfits, berets, Twitter, book shops and attractive notebooks. We stare into space a lot, walk around with pencils tucked behind our ears, go a bit crazy after our morning coffee and have intense conversations with invisible folk. One of the problems a […]
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This is something I have experienced lately, writing the slow burn story. These tales are unique because they take AGES to come out of you. They are normally written in dribs and drabs which can be very frustrating for an impatient blonde writer, like myself. A slow burn story is a form of creative torture […]
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This is a tough one and can take some writers several years to come to terms with. You will have an unfinished draft novel, sat in a drawer or lounging on top of your writing desk or loitering in your writing file on your computer. All book writing momentum will have left your writer body. […]
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Here are my reasons for letting author Roxie Cooper guest post on BlondeWriteMore today: Her guest post is fab. It is written from the heart and it resonated with me in so many places. She has the name ‘Roxie’. Anyone who has same first name as my fictional character Roxy Collins is always welcome on my blog. […]
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When one of my favourite bloggers contacted me to say she had a cracking guest post up her sleeve, I was so excited I did some high leg kicks and cartwheels in the garden. Sadly there is no photo evidence of this great celebration. Rita Bhatha from www.butismileanyway.com not only has a great blog but she […]
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As a newbie writer I am constantly trying to jump over emotional hurdles in order to progress. I am calling them hurdles because if you don’t jump them you will end up falling down and hurting your writer self. They are emotional because each one has the potential to bring on tears / sobbing / a […]
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