My favourite genre without exception is YA. I love, love, love it. I know I'm an adult, but can't I just pretend I stopped ageing at 16? To be honest, I think it's probably true anyway. I adore the …
Adultland Part II
Last week, I wrote a piece of flash fiction in Writespiration #55, about a city in which the adults were kidnapped by Hunters. Several of you asked me to finish the story, something which blew me away …
Writespiration #56 The Zen of 3
There's a phrase, 'everything happens in threes.' I don't know about you but, it describes my life story. I can't go through a day and just leave my phone at home, I have to lose my wallet and get a …
8 Top Tips To Prevent Insanity When Resting Your Manuscript!
It took precisely 5 days and 23 hours after finishing the first draft of my novel before I lost the plot and felt like a rudderless ship. I know (stamps foot and pouts) I need to rest my manuscript. …
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Big Brother Really is Watching He's Called The Black Knight Satellite
George Orwell's novel 1984 was the inspiration behind the hit TV show Big Brother. It was just a TV show, made up...But what if there really was someone watching us? What if someone has been watching …
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Nine Secrets to Successfully Completing That Elusive First Draft
At 1:04am, on the 20th of August, after exactly 292 days or 41 weeks and 5 days of writing my first draft of my novel, I wrote those two long awaited words... 'The End'. I was in bed, in the dark, …
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