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 …
Earth's Secret Race of Giants and Their Connection To The Annunaki and Nephilim
Giants are all over fiction stories like fairytales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and the BFG, but what about actual giants? You know, the ones that lived and breathed on planet Earth? Some argue …
The Mystery of Sound Propulsion, Coral Castle & the Pyramids
I spend a lot of time sharing things I learn about the writing process. But after some lengthy discussions with fellow blogger Ali, on what inspires us she instructed encouraged me to begin sharing …
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5 Top Tips for Writing Chapter One – Lessons from the YA genre
There’s something wrong with my opening chapter. I’ve edited it eight times, two of those were major overhauls, the rest tweaks. But still… just plain wrong, and the closer I get to the end of draft …
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Read Like A Writer – Collect Words. Collect Sentences.
When you’re tucked into one of your guilty pleasure books, how conscious are you? How do you read? For me, after a few paragraphs my eyes switch off, my mind opens up the words disappear and I begin …
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