Finding a literary agent
... or how to stand out in the slush pile I’ve started the process of finding a literary agent (otherwise known as querying). The good...
Putting my story on the grid
I’m learning a lot from Shawn Coyne’s story grid approach to editing. I took time out this week to analyse the genre of my book in more deta
Getting over my water buffalo anxieties
My right brain kept saying Just Write!, and my left brain Hang-on, not so fast. I was feeling anxious about how the story was going to come
Character building stuff
I haven’t finished with character building yet, and no doubt I’ll keep coming back to it as the book progresses. Allowing my mind to wander
Pen to paper at last … well ... almost
The wonderful thing about writing a novel in today’s world is that there are so many pieces of online advice, forums, and tools to benefit f