The Adventures of a Blonde Writer
Last night you were writing for hours. When you finally stopped you were exhausted and a little sweaty. It was a wild and exhilarating writing session, which left you feeling satisfied creatively afterwards. So, why today do you feel so rough?
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As a romance writer I thought it would be fun to create a mini job description. Vacancy – Romance Writer Do you enjoy writing about the first flushes of love and want to excite millions of romance readers around the world? About The Role Hours: Can vary each week. Dependent upon romantic feelings, number of […]
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Oprah Winfrey once said: “We’re all called. If you’re here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function–your part in the whole–as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.” This post […]
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Resting a draft novel can be a challenging time for some writers. We generally fall into two camps when it comes to letting our beloved draft novel rest. There are those of us who are relieved to see the back of our story and welcome some time apart from it, and there are some of us […]
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I have been itching to cover this important and thought-provoking subject for a while. To the non-writer a draft novel is just a folder stuffed with paper. They don’t see it as a living thing. If you asked them whether a draft novel was capable of communicating with a human, the non-writer would probably laugh, roll […]
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I heard the phrase, ‘alternating between hope and despair when writing,’ on one of my favourite podcasts, The Honest Authors, and I knew it would make a great blog post.
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I feel like I owe the genre of romantic comedy an explanation as I am not currently writing stories from it and I have no intention of returning just yet. Admitting you cannot commit to a genre because you have urges to write stories from other genres can be tough, especially when those around you […]
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Have you ever experienced writing a story that gives you more than just an interesting tale and a collection of fictional people? Let me explain. Last week, in my blog post titled, The Story Which Wants To Show You Other Things, I spoke about how, whilst working on a draft of a story, I had […]
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After reading as much as I can about the literary journeys of different authors, I have come to the conclusion that writing success comes to those who have…mastered the art of finding their way back to their projects.
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I have been working on the draft of a story which is trying to show me other things. This is new territory for me. Up until now I have done the ‘showing’ and my story has followed. I was going to post this subject last week but I chickened out, thinking I must be the only […]
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