I asked some members of the #writingcommunity what they’d like me to research for this month’s Writer’s Corner and this…
‘Resist the urge to explain’ is a mantra drummed into us writers. Okay, another rule – but what does it…
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How can we make verbs work harder for us? Writers are often told: ‘get rid of was’, and ‘ban -ing…
Writing book blurbs is hard. Ask any author pitching to agents on the traditional publishing route, and 99% will tell…
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The WHY, WHO, WHERE, WHEN, WHAT and HOW of scenes In editing my current WIP, I found I had snippets…
The draft is done. Yay! Now it’s time for editing. When I read that someone’s manuscript is with their editor,…
I’d never heard of beta readers when I (poorly) published my first books, a fantasy trilogy. If I had, I…