“Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” Edgar Allan Poe. Continue reading
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” Louis L’Amour Continue reading
“Let me say it again: You must not come lightly to the blank page.” Stephen King
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“I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp.” Claire Cameron.
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Writing can be a very lonely pursuit. For an unpublished author this can be a critical time where self-confidence is challenged irrationally.
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Do you ever feel it’s taking too long to write your novel? What if I told you there is no prescribed timescale. Avoid internal pressure by learning from Ritu.
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A collaborative post with Janice Wald and Melissa Marietta on how to use GoodReads to promote your books. Continue reading
Many of my readers often ask how I start writing, where do the ideas come from and what kick starts a project that might go further than one book? One of my concepts is something many might overlook.
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I hear a lot from authors who fixate on ratings and reviews. The importance of these cannot be denied, but how many take negatives to heart?
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Why I follow my characters into a genre rather than starting with a genre and fitting characters into it. Continue reading
