It is always an exciting time – the first sight of the cover to a new book is the first tangible sign that publication can’t be far off. I am always excited when I see it for the first time (see my previous blog about this) and even more excited to share it with […]
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It must be every writer’s second worst nightmare (the worst being total IT failure and having no backups) – to have the words dry up. I’m not talking about a day where you just can’t find the right turn of phrase, or one of those moments where you think everything you’ve written is awful. […] At 12.37 today, I finished the editing on my next book, Balance of Betrayal. To say the writing of this book has been a long process is an understatement – I actually started it in 2006. In fact, Twelve Moon-Cycles was never supposed to happen but when it was taking me too long to […] It’s a common complaint, I understand – the desire to pour out your soul into a novel, to have an unexpected bestseller at your first attempt and then live in opulent luxury, occasionally tapping out another awesome publication. That’s an exaggeration, of course (unless you happen to be Richard Castle!). Even those who only […] There can be some choppy waters when you write period fiction. You strive for accuracy (or, in my case, plausibility since my books aren’t intended to be historically accurate) but, at the same time you are writing for a modern audience. The typical reader has been raised in the values of western society which means […] I go back to work on Monday. For the last, wonderful, six months I have been on sabbatical (aka a ‘career break’ in this world of name-changing for the sake of it!). It’s been great. My firm allows them when you have been with them for long enough and you can take up to […] Writing is a strange business. Every writer comes at it from a different angle and every writer finds other people’s method unfathomable. Some like to plan and plan and plan and then write the book in one long sweep. Other use an approach known as “pantsing” – writing by the seat of the pants, […] Last Wednesday was my birthday. I turned 49 “Happy Birthday to y…” No. Stop. Don’t sing! No? No. I’m not that into my birthday. You see, it is also the anniversary of my diagnosis of cancer – so when that date swings round, that day, that conversation and that incredible journey always comes back […] One of the mixed blessings of being a self-publishing author is that I am also my own editor. No handing over the precious manuscript to an expert team who will provide an objective view and bully me into creating a best-selling novel. Nope, it’s just me. On the plus side, it’s just me. I […] It’s been a helter-skelter sort of a week. It started with me writing out my goals for 2016 (it’s a new year, after all) which, of course, included several related to my writing: publishing Balance of Betrayal; completing the next book in the series (it’s called Age of Oppression, but don’t tell anyone!); setting […] |
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