I listen to quite a variety of different kinds of music while I’m writing, but there’s something special about movie soundtracks. Soundtracks are always written specifically to go with a story, so maybe that’s what makes them such good music to write to. Sometimes listening to a movie soundtrack can be just what I need to get through a tough scene that just...
It’s Notebook Sisters’ third blog birthday and they’re throwing an Alice in Wonderland themed party. The characters from Alice in Wonderland have invaded my house though, and invited themselves to tea. I should be very annoyed at them, but the Mad Hatter and the Jabberwocky have just arrived, so I suppose I can forgive them, just this once. Our teatime conversation quickly turns to books....
Today I’m linking up with The Broke and the Bookish’s Top Ten Tuesday again. This week is a free topic; pick your own subject for a top ten list. After not much thought at all, I decided to make this week’s post a top ten list of my favourite rewritten fairy tales. There are so many good rewrites out there, so I didn’t...
In editing, there seems to be two main ways to do it. The first is Holly Lisle’s One Pass Revision method. Editing this way, everything gets fixed in one pass. I’ve had a look at this method before, but I haven’t really tried it yet. The other way to edit is to do it in multiple passes, fixing different problems in each pass....
One of my favourite musicians to listen to while I’m writing is violinist Lindsey Stirling. She plays dubstep music on her violin, which is very different, but very effective. Most of her music is instrumental, which makes it perfect for listening to while writing, or when thinking about writing. Lindsey Stirling has lots of amazing music, but one of my favourite songs is...
Image from The Broke and the Bookish This week I’m linking up with The Broke and the Bookish’s Top Ten Tuesday meme (thanks Cait for introducing me to this.) The topic for this week’s top ten list is ‘Ten Books about Friendship’. Now of course the moment I get a topic like this, my brain goes blank and I can’t remember even one...
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As I mentioned in my post last week, I’m currently preparing for my next round of edits. As I’m in full editing mode at the moment, I thought I would talk about what I do before actually starting to make changes. For me, there are a few things I like to do before I start editing and improving my novel. Before I learnt...
I love listening to music while I write. Something about having a tune pouring into my ears while I’m typing away makes it easier to concentrate. But as well as listening to music while writing, I also like to listen to music while planning a book, or before writing to get myself into a certain mood. For me, Disney songs are really good...
Picture by Nic McPhee. Edited. I’m about to dive back into editing again after finishing Camp NaNoWriMo in April. My novel The Crystal Tree is begging for me to edit it for the third time. So I’ve been doing a lot of thinking back at the last two rounds of edits. When I started editing, I didn’t know what to expect. I thought...
Writers seem to be divided into two groups. There are those who love to write with music, and those who can’t stand to have any sort of music playing while they write. I am one of those who love to have music playing all the time, and, like many other writers, I have a long list of pieces that I like to listen...
Original Image by Angela As I mentioned in my last post, I participated in Camp NaNoWriMo this April. But, in true NaNoWriMo style, there was far more going on in the month than merely a writing challenge. My wrist had an attack of RSI, Easter arrived, and a certain adorable puppy joined the family. I could have just said ‘Enough is enough. I...
