This week I've been thinking about the past and how things have affected my life. I often joke about having a cold lump of coal for a heart, or about the fact I am dead inside. It's a joke. Sort of. I …
7 Lessons I Wish Someone Had Taught Me Before I Started Writing
When I first started writing, I was worse than a kid in a toy store. I wanted it ALL...NOW. I was desperate to be 'good' at writing. I didn't want to just 'be' a writer, I wanted to Stephen King that …
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Writespiration #88 It's a Dolls Life
Anyone who knows me, knows I am more than a little obsessed by dystopia. I'm like the uber geek fan girl constantly waving her burnt, shredded dystopia flag from the centre of whatever destroyed city …
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Don't Let Writers' Self-Doubt Beat You – 4 Steps to Conquer it
I'm getting increasingly frustrated. The kind of frustrated that leads to drastic, probably stupid, but definitely life changing behaviours. I'm frustrated because I have shit to do, books to write, …
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The Great Horror Hoax – How to REALLY Harness A Readers Fear
I'm terrified of spiders. I know. So cliched. If it helps, I am also terrified of boats - although the reasoning behind that is a little foggier given I swim like a fish - I must have drowned in a …
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Understanding YA, NA and MG – A Writers Bible
One of the most salient memories I have from childhood, was the desire to grow up. I was like the opposite of Peter Pan. I couldn't get old fast enough. Sixteen was this magical …
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