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12 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Writing A Trilogy or Series by @rogersonsm

June 16, 2017 by Sacha Black 29 Comments

Today I’m delighted to host Suzanne Rogerson, Suzanne and I met through this blog and we’ve shared many a tweet and comment since. Today Suzanne launches the first book in a series called The Lost Sentinel: Silent Sea Chronicles. To celebrate, she’s here talking us through 12 key questions we should ask ourselves before launching into a book series. [Read more…] about 12 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Writing A Trilogy or Series by @rogersonsm

Filed Under: Fantasy, Writing Tips Tagged With: book launch, fantasy, writing tips

Young Adult Writing Tips With Oathbreaker Author @ShelleyWilson72

June 8, 2017 by Sacha Black 23 Comments

Today I am super excited to have Shelley Wilson with me on the blog. Shelley is a fellow Young Adult and non-fiction writer. She’s also a long time Bloggers Bash attendee.

I’m always sniffing around Shelley’s blog to see what Young Adult book she’s reviewed this week because I love her recommendations. But today, there’s something FAR more exciting.

Today she’s spilling the beans on her own new YA werewolf release Oathbeaker (out today) as well as giving us hot tips on writing Young Adult fiction. Which you can get here:

Amazon UK 

Amazon US

Without further ado, Shelley… Welcome.

[Read more…] about Young Adult Writing Tips With Oathbreaker Author @ShelleyWilson72

Filed Under: Books, Writing, Writing Tips, Young Adult Tagged With: books, fantasy, werewolves, writing, YA, Young Adult

Sacha’s Books is LIVE!

January 2, 2017 by Sacha Black 16 Comments

Hey, folks, just a little note to say my new website is now live and you can totally stalk me over there if you fancy it.

WOOO HOO.

The site, if you forgot, (shame on you) is:  [Read more…] about Sacha’s Books is LIVE!

Filed Under: writer, Writing Tagged With: author, fantasy, Fiction, journalling, launch, website

Please Your Readers – 3 Trope Tactics

November 14, 2016 by Sacha Black 63 Comments

tropesI’m a genre whore. 70% of what I read is Young Adult fantasy or dystopian fiction. I’d make it 100% but I actually want to read my friends books and occasionally I like dipping my toes in other stuff like (thrillers, crime, literary fiction) and then there’s non-fiction business, marketing and mindset books and of course, my other love, conspiracies.

But the point is, I’m a big slutty slut slut when it comes to YA fantasy/dystopian. I gobble it up like a starving orphan. Why?

Because I love that shit. I love it so much I’d motorboat them books all night long and carry a caffeine drip to work because I stayed up so late reading (happens a LOT).

But, having read a lot of books in the same genre I can confidently say, they are ALL the same story. No really, they are. But its the familiarity that drags me back.

And it’s the familiarity that drags other readers back too. We actually want to be told the same story, over and over and over. It’s just that we want to be told it in a different way, so it doesn’t feel like the same story.

That’s where tropes come in. Tropes give your readers the familiarity they crave, which is why they are so important to you if you’re a genre writer. [Read more…] about Please Your Readers – 3 Trope Tactics

Filed Under: Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: books, fantasy, Fiction, reading, writer, writing, YA

Lies – 5 Tips to Master The Perfect Character Arc

July 4, 2016 by Sacha Black 76 Comments

character arcI confess… Instead of reading the half dozen books I already have on the go, I accidentally (ok, on purpose) opened a guilty pleasure novel. And no, that’s not a sexual reference, you filth-bag, I meant my fave genre – YA fantasy).

Because it’s my genre I took the opportunity to research. I never read a book without taking a lesson from it.

This time I learnt all about the character arc and one awesome method for achieving the perfect curve! The book I read: Frostbite by Richelle Mead (part of the Vampire Academy series), used an awesome technique in which to perfect that arc – Lies.  [Read more…] about Lies – 5 Tips to Master The Perfect Character Arc

Filed Under: Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: author, Character Arc, character development, fantasy, Fiction, vampires, writing, writing tips, Young Adult

A Writers' Guide to Science Fiction vs. Reality – Alien Species

March 4, 2016 by Sacha Black 66 Comments

Alien SpeciesI was always more of a star trek than a star wars fan. Specifically, Next Generation, with ol’ Captain Jean-Luc Picard. He was ‘da man’ according to my dad. To which, of course, I immediately wanted to rebel against any such assertion, so I insisted on calling him Captain Plackard for the better part of half a decade.

In both those franchises, there are more creatures and ugly aliens than puss filled spots at a 15th birthday bash.

But what of ‘real’ aliens? And what if you wanted to add a pinch of reality to your science fiction?  [Read more…] about A Writers' Guide to Science Fiction vs. Reality – Alien Species

Filed Under: Ancient Aliens, Conspiracy, Writing Tagged With: Aliens, Annunaki, fantasy, Nibiru, reptilian aliens, Science Fiction, writing

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