It’s the last day of the month, so it’s the perfect time to post my final Beautiful Books post for the month. Nothing like leaving time sensitive tasks until the very last minute to get the heart racing. For those who don’t know, Beautiful Books is a writing link-up hosted by the amazing duo, Cait@PaperFury, and Sky@Further Up And Further In. For the...
Merry Christmas everyone! At this point in the day, I’m probably collapsed in an armchair from excitement, exhaustion, and too much Christmas food (is there even such a thing?), but I have prepared this post well in advance, so we’re all good. I doubt that anyone is actually thinking about writing today of all days, and quite rightly so. So instead of sharing...
With the new Star Wars film The Force Awakens being released this week, it seems only fitting that this week’s Writing Music come from the series soundtrack. Which means that the piece is iconic, dramatic, and well-loved. This piece being, of course, Duel of the Fates. While there are many amazing pieces from all the Star Wars soundtracks, this one in particular is...
Photo credit: rubyblossom. / Foter.com / CC BY-NC Christmas is getting closer and closer, and I don’t know about you, but life’s getting pretty busy for me at the moment. Christmas shopping, Christmas cooking, Christmas parties, the occasional burst of sleep between activities, Christmas is a very busy time indeed. I always struggle to find enough time to be able work on my...
Intense scenes, such as scenes of loss, defeat, joy, or epic battles, are often easier to write when you have the right soundtrack playing. But what about all those lesser scenes, the ones that are still important, but not charged with as much emotion or tension? For me, I like to have a piece or two of calmer background music to suit a...
Photo credit: HarisAwang / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA Well, that's NaNoWriMo over for another year. Another month of desperation fuelled novelling, late night plotting, and chaotic character killing conquered. Whether you ended up with that purple winner's bar, or didn't quite make it, you should all be very proud of yourselves for being brave enough to have a go. (If you weren't doing NaNoWriMo, then thank you for...
