Essex Author Day!
On Saturday, I was lucky enough to be invited to be a part of Essex Author Day as part of the Essex Book Festival.
Pace = Climbing Mountains and Jumping Off Them
Pace can be a tricky skill to learn and reign in. Every writer I know has struggled with it in one capacity or another. Either your work...
Genre: Mountain Trolls or Victorian Maidens?
Picking a genre isn't so much you thinking about genres and deciding what you want to write. Most of the time, the genre picks you. To...
The Art of Description
Description really is the bulk of a story, and a lot of people try and sidestep it as much as they can. I must admit, I used to be one of...
Dialogue and Chatter
Dialogue shouldn't be the pain in the butt some people think it is. After all, we hear people talking all day every day, and we know our...
Narration: The Perfect Voice
Narration can be both the easiest thing in the world and the most difficult depending on who's telling the story. It's crazy how...
Build Your World Brick By Boring Brick
World building is similar to creating characters but more complex. If you're anything like me, this means it takes a while longer to...
You Can Do This! Let's Talk About Writing Motivation
Writing isn't difficult. Wait, come back! I didn't mean it like that. Of course writing is difficult, but it's also easy. Sometimes you...
Characters Are Your Best Friends
When I say characters are your best friends, I really mean it. They will annoy you, make you cry, make you laugh, frustrate you, and...
New Year! Same Goals!
My resolutions are always habits I want to keep up. Too many resolutions fizzle into nothing, when really what you want to do is create a...
