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Category: Writing tips

Real life and writing

November 27, 2020 cheryl
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What made me think about it? This morning I was listening to Woman’s Hour on BBC 4 as I drove…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: historical fiction, life experience, real settings, relatable characters, voice in writing

Ease Draft One Pain – Critique Partners, and a tool!

November 12, 2020 cheryl

Last night we had a zoom meeting of our local novel group, a sub-group of Dean Writers Circle. Right now,…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: draft one, drafting, editing, novel review, writing groups

Two key points on the importance of structure

October 28, 2020 cheryl

I was very lucky to have a conversation with Imogen Robertson, chair of the HWA, who kindly offered to give…

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Six key take-aways for successful blogging – a year later

October 9, 2020 cheryl
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These six key take-aways for successful blogging came out of a Jane Friedman webinar I attended. I thought it would…

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Posted in: Marketing, self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: blogging, newsletter, research, target audience

Why short story and flash fiction writing is a good idea

September 30, 2020 cheryl

Thrilled that my story Orchard Kingdom – a keen favourite of mine – was awarded first prize in the Ottery…

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Winning and the value of writing groups

September 7, 2020 cheryl

Over the past few weeks my local writing group, Dean Writers Circle, has become buried under a glorious load of…

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Writing prompts …

August 19, 2020 cheryl

We held our monthly writing workshop by Zoom this morning given the weather is in no way conducive to being…

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Lessons from beta reading …

August 11, 2020 cheryl

I’ve been busy, not just on writing stuff but a lot of my busyness has been there. For myself, I’ve…

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Ten Ways to get to The End when writing a book

July 30, 2020 cheryl

This blog post by author Tony Batton is a must read for novel writers… we’ve all been there. And now…

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Turns out that writing the book was the easiest part!

July 24, 2020 cheryl

A friend on Twitter suggested the above heading when I muttered about the time it takes to send letters out…

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