Tag Archives: writing
Whatever happened to #FreeSpeech? Apparently making a truthful and accurate report, and naming the company that cold calls you, may be treated as libel.
Having been threatened with legal action by the company I now cannot name, but will refer to as ‘The Company’, over my posts describing my experiences with their approach, I have deleted the offending material, along with the hundreds of comments in support of my conclusion: that their author interview is so expensive that the […]
When do you write?
Another brief post this week as I am still working away. My inspiration is a weird change in my writing time. I’ve managed a few paragraphs at the end of the evening, after business is concluded. I’m happy enough, because these days I’ve accepted that lots of small bits of writing add up, and before […]
Start of the #gardening season, and the end of #NaNoWriMo
The weather is warm, and the garden is starting to come to life: in the Highlands, we are always about a month behind the rest of the UK. A few pics below the main topic of the day, for colour. I know how many writers have used NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) over the past […]
#MicrosoftWord users beware! Another #AI grab
My thanks to Debby Gies (author DG Kaye) for alerting me to this latest AI threat to writers. She shared a post from Kathy Steinemann, author of The Writer’s Lexicon Series, (a fantastic resource for writers), warning that those who, like me, use MS Word as our working tool, need to be aware that Microsoft […]
Thoughts on #InfoDumps anyone?
First, what is an infodump? If you aren’t familiar with the term, that probably means you aren’t an author! There are a number of structural issues within stories that it’s advisable for authors to avoid, and infodumps are one. Infodumping is when an author gives lots of information in too short a space of time, […]
Do your characters take over? #AmWriting #WritingProcess
This topic comes to the forefront of my mind every time someone mentions ‘writing process’. Having covered it before, this post is a mash up of a previous one, and more recent thoughts in the light of several more books under my belt. If you are like me, your process changes and develops with each […]
Do you think your #writing isn’t good enough? Dealing with your fears – Part 3
While it is definitely advisable to achieve a fair degree of knowledge of writing and publishing before you go ahead, if you are a writer who NEVER feels like your work is either good enough, or ready enough, then I advocate taking Hugh Laurie’s advice. There are so many ways you can self-sabotage your writing career, and […]
Do you think your #writing isn’t good enough? Dealing with your fears – Part 2 #Reblog
Here is Part 2 of my 3 part series on how my knowledge of sports psychology can be used in your writing life. In Part 1 of this series, which you can find here, I talked about the concept of POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE, a phrase much used in my normal working field of sports coaching, […]
Traditional or Indie publishing – which is right for you?
I’m in the process of giving my blog a spring clean, deleting old, out-of-date posts and generally tidying up, and I thought it would be fun to share this, my very first post! I wrote this back in 2013, prior to self-publishing my first novel. Have my opinions changed since then? Take a look, and […]
How early did you begin #storytelling?
I’m leaving for holiday tomorrow, so I thought before I go that I’d share one more memory with you. While going through my Mum’s papers, I came across an old school exercise book of mine that she’d kept – I was astounded to find some early indications of where I would be going, decades later. […]
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