Life's a funny old thing, so often we go through difficult times and have to make hard choices. Sometimes we lose friends, loved ones, gain new ones, have children. We travel and feel moved to change …
10 TOP TIPS For the BETA Reading Stage
You’ve written ‘THE END’ on your first, second, eighth – or if you’re me it will mostly likely be my third draft. You know it’s not perfect, but you’re happy you have taken your manuscript as far as …
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Writespiration #43
A slightly different challenge this week. It's another of my favourite writing sites to help unblock the block! The website is called One Word. The aim of this game is to use the word posted below …
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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Writespiration #42
We constantly worry about how to write better. But actually, there's a benefit to being able to recognise when you have written badly. And sometimes it's fun to just reel off a load of …
Learn To Read Like A Writer – Read What You NEED
I don’t mind admitting I’m a selfish reader. I’ve always read exactly what I want for no other reason than, I felt like it. So I never paid much attention to whether or not it was useful or …
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