Lucy Mitchell – romance author – book blogger
Bit of a mixed bag this week, so I thought I would imagine us having a coffee and talking about writing. Obviously I would ask you how your writing is going first, before launching into a lengthy account (complete with hand actions, dramatic hair flicks and eye rolls) about how I am doing creatively. Here’s […]
Read MoreI am a big fan of giving fictional characters the limelight. As a writer we have to accept we are simply the host. Once our fictional beings have been created by us they need to be released and allowed to take centre stage. On a serious note, as writers, we have to be constantly looking for […]
Read MoreDo you want to get to know your fictional characters? Do you feel like you and your characters need to bond? Don’t despair! I have an amazing new trick for writing better characters. It involves two of my favourite pastimes; writing and shopping. As writers we need to create interesting and compelling characters because no […]
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You will be surprised at how many similarities there are between relationship heartbreak and shelving a half-finished draft. Splitting up with the love of your life can be upsetting and leave you feeling crushed. Stopping work on a draft novel because you can’t take it any further or because it’s a big pile of […]
Read MoreThis past week I have learnt the importance of forgiveness in my creative life. It came to me after I read Spirit Junkie – A Radical Road To Discovering Self Love And Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein. The book is excellent and really resonated with me. It is one of those wonderful self-help books where you read […]
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Welcome to my weekly blog series – Author Interviews. These interviews give me a glimpse into the writing life of an author. They share their book journey, the obstacles they have faced and their motivations. At the end of each interview I ask the big question – what do they wear whilst writing? This […]
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Acts of creative kindness can be really powerful. They are great to receive but the feeling you get from helping another troubled creative soul is pretty special. I recently experienced a bad writing day. It didn’t start well and turned into a day of battling against negativity and self-doubt. So I took immediate action. I […]
Read MoreIn the next few weeks I will be leaping out of my comfort zone with the launch of my comedy fictional podcast. I have never done anything like this before. It took me a long time to share my writing on my blog and when I did it felt like a leap out of […]
Read MoreI would start off our chat by diving into a huge slice of cake. You would have to give me five minutes as it is against my religion to leave cake untouched. After a couple of giant mouthfuls and some soft moans of cake pleasure from me, I would start to tell you all […]
Read MoreRoxy Collins is the main character of my Wattpad novel and fictional podcast – The Diary of Roxy Collins. She’s a thirty something, single mother of three unruly children, who is in a dead-end job, gets no help from her ex-partners and is living in a run down rented house. Here are the reasons why […]
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