Writing a novel
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Who am I? ~ My Personal Journey into Writing ~ The Next Phase
In the last couple of weeks I feel I’ve been nudged towards the next phase in my personal journey as a writer.. 1.Admitting that’s what I am…. ‘a writer and author.’ “A person is defined less by who they are than what they do.” I have been teaching for nearly 30 years and being a…
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Being Compared to a Best Seller ~ A Double Edged Sword
In the last few months I’ve joined The Sarnia literacy Society on Facebook and have enjoyed talking about such books as Ebenezer le Page, a delightful story written like memoirs of an elderly gentleman and his life on Guernsey. Apart from getting lost occasionally in a plethora of friends and relations, I found the book…
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Welcome the The Next Big Thing!
Welcome to The Next Big Thing! My writer friend, CR Hodges who is writing a myth based urban fantasy set in Sweden, recently tagged me for a chain blog entitled The Next Big Thing’. The deal is: I answer a few questions about my current work-in-progress, then I invite other authors to do the same. A bit like…
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Location, location, location ~ How important is a sense of place in a novel?
Is a strong sense of place important for a novel’s success? Good characterisation is vital for a successful novel, as is a sense of the time period. In fact the era, whether a modern setting or in the past, needs to seep into every nook and cranny of the plot, dialogue, setting and language too, but I…
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Home is Where the Heart is ~ Truth or Cliché?
Where is your home? Is it the bricks and mortar or the shack on the beach which you currently live in or is it a far away place you only dream of? Where ever you live, do you frequently think of the place you were born or where your family roots are and how much…
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My Journey into Publishing part 3 ~
Seeking the Experts and Creating a Workable Structure Once I had made the decision to set up a small publishing company in the autumn of 2011 I needed to carry out a great deal of research. I gleaned mountains of information from books, websites and writer’s magazines. In fact, many writers have written books about…