• 14th October

    Knowing your characters I’ve had a fair few chats with fellow tweeters lately about the different, or similar, ways in which we write and how we develop character, which has prompted me to write this post.  When I think about my writing, most of it is character driven and plot  considerations come later.   This may or may…

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  • 7th October

    Guess who’s coming to dinner? If you’re asked who your main influences are, where do you start?  It’s a toughie isn’t it? In some ways I think almost everyone who becomes part of your life in any way, influences you to some degree.  But it is a question people ask and it’s something I’m always…

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  • 30 September

    Pencil holding fingers – an editing workshop How do you feel about the editing process?  Is it something you relish, or something you find difficult and face with a sense of dread? Almost exactly a year ago, I attended an editing workshop at Nottingham Writers’ Studio,  an incredible experience which had a lasting effect on me for…

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  • 23 September

    The Undercover Cop I would say I was an unconfrontational person.  I don’t like arguments or fall outs.  I don’t like to be on the receiving end of anyone’s animosity, negativity or anger.  Stems from my childhood I think, where school was a pretty grim experience (will save that for another blog… maybe).  But I do consider…

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  • 16 September

    This week, I had a fancy to do something where a bit more audience participation was required… so, here follows the opportunity for you, the reader, to have a bit of a gas about your favourite book (yes, just one) and why it’s your favourite.  Hopefully, other readers will pick up some good reads through…

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  • 9 September 2011

    Those of you who read last Friday’s blog (2 September) may recall that I mentioned my first attempt at a novel, which I kind of discarded, on the basis that the plot action was underdeveloped and the pace of the thing was too slow.  Well, that got me thinking… there are bits of it that…

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  • 2nd September 2011 To Plot… or Not Recently, I started writing my first YA novel. It was going well, the words falling like raindrops when… I got stuck, or came unstuck, whichever way you like to look at it. Although I have written a novel, currently sleeping in a ring binder in my filing cabinet…

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