You've heard me expound the importance of professional editing over and over again, but I do get a lot of emails from people who can't afford professional services. This guest blog post is …
Writing The First Draft Of A Novel Using Questions And Modelling
Those of you doing NaNoWriMo will be (hopefully) wrapping up your word count soon. Whether you have made the 50,000 or not, it doesn't matter, as long as there has been some focused writing this …
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Writing And Publishing Using Scrivener With Gwen Hernandez
Discovering Scrivener really did change my writing life. It helped me to organize my writing by scenes and also enables me to publish in Kindle & ePub formats easily. Today I talk to Gwen …
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Writing the Heart of Your Story
I want to write books that entertain people but also make them think about deeper issues, and I want people to feel some resonance with the characters and the world of the book. But touching the …
Resilience: How To Deal With Criticism And Rejection With Mark McGuinness
Criticism and rejection are part of life, but perhaps particularly part of a writer's life. In the video below, I chat with Mark McGuinness about how the importance of the right types of criticism, …
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Writing Metaphor, Memorable Characters And Horror With Chuck Wendig
I believe it's important for us as writers to find successful authors to model, for inspiration on the journey but also to learn from. Chuck Wendig is one of the authors I respect and aspire to …
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