After my rant last week about the lack of LGBT characters in mainstream fiction, I thought I really ought to make some kind of suggestion as to what the differences are, (and there aren't many) in …
Where Are All The LGBT Characters?
Can anyone tell me a blockbuster famous novel they have read with a main character that was either gay or lesbian? Don't worry, I'll wait whilst you scratch your head to think... still haven't thought …
Writespiration #66 2 Sentence Horror Story
One of my ongoing series is about villains and creating the scariest, most evil of all bad guys. A friend showed me this concept somewhere else so I thought it would be nice to break up the NaNo-age …
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Evoking Memories – A Writers Must
I spoke a little about evoking memories recently in my post: 5 Reasons Why Writers Should Be Secret Agents. But I wanted to delve a little deeper into the science behind how senses and in particular …
Writespiration #65 Six Word Stories
I've done this challenge before, but hey, it is NaNo month, and I know most of you will be focusing on bashing out novels. So I thought I would do the quickest challenge there is this week. As I said …
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Feel Like A Fraud? Give Imposter Syndrome The Middle Finger!
Does anyone else struggle to celebrate success? Maybe you ran a marathon, got a new job, published your first book, or even your third? Did you celebrate? Or like me, did you brush your last …
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