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March- Progress check
Posted on March 31, 2015 Leave a Comment
This month has been slightly stressful – two dogs on 24hr watch can sap a lot of writing time and a serious amount of energy! Excuses aside, I am a couple of weeks behind my schedule this month but I have engaged in some lateral thinking and managed to write whenever and wherever I can. […]
Rejection – Looking for the Positive
Posted on September 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
Having always been a glass is half full kind of girl, I look for the positive in everything, but is it nature or nurture that fills my glass and allows me to cheerfully accept yet another rejection? Following the sudden death of my father at the age of 26, my mother decided the only way […]
Q: What Do Agents Like to See When They Google Writers?
Posted on March 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
Originally posted on Carly Watters, Literary Agent:
Yes, if we’re interested in your work we’ll Google you. And yes, there are things we like to see: Some sort of Website. You need a landing page. (WordPress and About.me help you do this for free. You don’t have to break the bank.) A certain level of…
NaNoWriMo – Lessons learned
Posted on December 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
2013-Winner-Certificate I DID IT! I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID IT BUT I DID. WHOOHOO!!!!!! If you’re wondering what it was that made me finish, it was sheer stubbornness. I ALWAYS complete what I start. So how was it? Pretty good actually; It’s great giving yourself permission to write a load of old crap but you […]
THE FINAL SYNOPSIS
Posted on October 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
I spent this Saturday editing my synopsis (again) to fit onto one page. I don’t know why I struggled so much because when I looked at it this weekend, it all seemed to make sense at last. Certain sentences I had included were irrelevant, but it is so hard to make cuts as you want […]
SYNOPOSIS – Harder than writing a novel – Writing lessons
Posted on September 5, 2013 Leave a Comment
You notice that I have not put a question mark after ‘harder than writing a novel’, this is because I’m not asking the question, I’m telling you! I have just finished my draft synopsis and it is still too long. (In a non-related subject; why do I keep publishing this blog when I haven’t finished […]
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