Romance Author & Book Blogger
This is the perfect activity for lockdown. If you’ve ever dreamed about becoming a writer and want to master that writer look or you might be a fully fledged writer but don’t feel you are owning that creative look, read on. Here are 5 key looks for writers which could be easily created during lockdown: […]
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I have such a treat for all you romance writers! Author Lucy Keeling is here to talk to us about writing naughty scenes in romance novels. I have to say I avoided them in my novel, Instructions For Falling In Love Again, because all my saucy scenes had the cringe factor. After writing one I […]
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This post is dedicated to all the demanding and pushy short stories out there, currently pestering their writers and demanding to be turned into something bigger. I read a great quote yesterday from a Barnes & Nobel article where a short story was described as a literary iceberg, tales with so many ideas unseen below […]
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This is a strange time to be living in right now. The world feels like it’s in chaos. So, this week I have decided to write about something which gives me strength and makes me positive; my blog. I am a few weeks away from my 6th year blogging anniversary. Still can’t believe I have […]
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I love this question – how’s your book coming along? My reaction to this simple question can change daily, sometimes hourly. Here are 10 different writer reactions to that question. They are a mixture of some of the reactions I have overheard during my time as a writer and my own. I will let you […]
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I love experiencing what I call a writing epiphany. They’re not regular occurrences and I think this is what makes them so wonderful. Mine always seem to occur while I am in my little car on my way to work at around seven in the morning. This is the time of the day when my brain will […]
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Being a writer isn’t easy. Sometimes those good writing days can feel like a distant memory or even a rarity. I have found that when I am struggling with my writing looking at the creative process through a different lens helps. For noting, I’ve also found chocolate, gin & tonics and interpretative dances in my […]
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Currently rolling my eyes at a minor character who has ideas well above his station. There’s nothing worse than trying to write a scene and being distracted by some diva of a minor character who believes you made a big mistake when main character roles were handed out. Some minor characters are born into your […]
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My blogging break is over and I’m back! My festive period was filled with writing, being an unpaid taxi driver to my teenage daughters, eating too many Quality Street chocolates, hugging my dog, reading some fab books and waiting for my new writing desk to arrive. I have been working on manifesting my own writing […]
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Picture this scenario. Your second draft is stuck in what I call – the middle of the book quagmire. Feeling upbeat you decide to find a way out of the boggy middle bit of your draft novel and get writing. It is not long before you decide to lie on the sofa, stuff Oreo biscuits […]
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