With Camp NaNoWriMo starting tomorrow, I thought now would be quite an appropriate time to link-up with Beautiful People and introduce the main character from my upcoming Camp novel to you all (that and I’ve somehow managed to leave it til the last minute to join in. Typical). Beautiful People is a link-up for writers hosted by the amazing duo Cait@Paper Fury and...

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No proper post today unfortunately, sorry. It being almost Easter, life's a bit crazy at the moment and I'm taking a few days off from blogging until Easter is over. So there won't be new posts until Wednesday/Thursday next week. My apologies, but that's the way Easter goes sometimes. There's time to blog. And then there isn't. Also, I'm taking this chance to...

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Many apologies for the lateness of this post. Coming up to Easter is possibly the busiest time of year for me as a musician, so it’s taken a bit longer than I expected to finish this post. However, here it is at last, Elements of a Good Mythological Retelling. Thank you to everyone who let me know what subject they wanted me to...

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As anyone who has ever watched Dr Who has probably figured out by now, this week’s writing music comes from the awesome soundtrack of the TV series, Dr Who. There are so many amazing pieces of music from this show, from the ever famous theme, to the many, many songs specific to each episode. It’s hard to choose just one to share, but...

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So, a couple of weeks back, I wrote a post about the elements on a book cover that would make me decide not to take it home. (Missed it? You can check it out HERE) And I promised that I’d write a second instalment, all about the issues I can have with the back cover synopsis. So, as I’ve been too busy to...

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There are a lot of amazing bookish blogs out there. Some deal with writing, some with books, and some with just general bookish things. There are so many it is impossible to read them all (unless you have an army of dragon clones in which case I highly envy you and can I have one please?). Today I’d like to recommend five of...

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Right now, we’re over a week into March, which mean two things. 1) It’s almost time for Camp NaNoWriMo, and 2) I’m well past my deadline for finish editing Snow. The plan was to have Snow finished by the end of February, but of course that hasn’t happened. However, I am 60k/80k of the way through, so hopefully it will be finished well...

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A while back, I wrote a post about the elements that go into making a great mystery. And afterwards, I kind of wanted to share my own process for writing in this genre. As a self-confessed chronic pantser who has a major aversion to anything that could possibly be classed as an outline, mystery writing really hasn’t come naturally to me. It’s taken...

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I usually discover pictures on Pinterest. All those glorious photos waiting for me to claim them as current or future inspiration (or just gorgeous things to stare at. I’m not above pinning a few of those). But while browsing the other day, I stumbled across some music videos. And quickly discovered a whole new amazing genre of music: Hang music. This is music...

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A couple of weeks ago, Katie Grace@A Writer’s Faith wrote about how she goes about writing a blog post. Now, I love seeing other people’s processes, comparing them to my own, and picking up helpful tips, so I was instantly intrigued. And also wanted to write one of my own. So today, for your viewing pleasure and amusement, I present you with my...

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To tell the truth, I’ve been in a writing slump this week. Plot issues stalled the edits, I had to go back and rewrite large portions of what I had already done, which was demoralising, and I haven’t got back to where I was before so I can move on with the story, which is frustrating. All in all, it’s very easy to...

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Photo credit: Evelyn Flint (Daydreaming Images) via Foter.com / CC BY “This is not Monday,” I hear you say. Very true. But most people in my house have been sick, and everything’s all topsy turvey over here at the moment as we nurse the sick ones, so Monday became Tuesday and you’re getting a post today instead of yesterday. Many apologies. But it does mean that it’s time...

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