Many of us will kick off April 2020 in the comfort of our own homes. This isn't a collective vacation, it's the new normal as the world adjusts to coronavirus. For some writers, this has been their way of life for years. For others, the initial burst of enthusiasm for working in their PJ's, extra …
So, my book has been out for a month now. It's the first and only book I've ever published, so I figured that made me perfectly qualified to give out advice… just kidding. I am in no way at all a book publisher extraordinaire after one release. I doubt I'd be one after twenty, but …
Continue reading 5 Lessons Learned After Releasing My First Book
Raise your hand if you've been having trouble concentrating this last week. With Coronavirus sweeping the world, it's been hard to think about anything other than keeping your #SocialDistance and what you will do now it's impossible to find toilet paper. If you're lucky enough to be able to work from home, you're also facing …
Continue reading How To Stay Creative When The World Is On Fire
By the time you've published a book, the process was so exhausting, thrilling, and exciting, you'll be forgiven for forgetting one thing that happens when you put your work out into the world; you get book reviews! Now, if you promised yourself you'd read any review with an open mind, ready to take on constructive …
Continue reading The Do’s And Don’ts Of Handling Book Reviews
While busy, modern-day lives mean there will always be occasions when you can't write when you want to, there is also a time in a writer's life when you want to write, but you just can't. Not because you couldn't sit down at your desk. Not because you didn't have the whole house to yourself. …
Continue reading 4 Reasons Why You Can’t Write And What To Do About It
I'm a huge fan of celebrating writing achievements, and why shouldn't we? Writers work hard—sometimes for years on end—putting a book together. If that's not worthy of a little reward, then I don't know what is. One of the ultimate things to celebrate as a writer is the publishing of your book. And one of …
Being a writer comes with its own inner-critic, that little voice in your head that whispers plot plots, questions if you're good enough, and also lets you know that you are. I've found that when I reach a writing milestone, that little voice goes into overdrive and bombards me with new thoughts. It happened a …
Continue reading Thoughts That Run Through Your Head Now You’re A Published Author
My debut book has now been released! From an idea for a scene that popped into my head in 2001 (which you'll be able to read in book 2), to a writing journey that saw me pen 16 drafts, query and deal with 22 rejections, decide to give up, decide to keep going, sign and …
One of the best elements that you can add to your book is foreshadowing, which is dropping clues for your readers so they don't get to that awesome plot twist and immediately think, “Where did that come from?” In that situation, the reaction you want is "OMG, yes!" or "I knew it! Mind blown." And …
