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How to tear a book apart and stay friends

Giving constructive criticism can be scary, especially when it's a friend asking for your feedback. Here's my guide, based around eighties pop songs...

31 January 2019editing, fiction, motivation, thoughts, writing2 Comments

Finding An Agent Is A Lot Like Speed Dating

Finding an agent is a lot like speed dating - you get one chance to catch their attention, you have to communicate a lot of information about why you're perfect for them in a short amount of time, and you're surrounded by others doing exactly the same thing...

4 January 2017agents, amwriting, books, editing, fiction, publishing, querying, thoughts, writing, writing tips4 Comments

The Most Helpful Book I’ve Ever Read

Let's face it, new writers make many of the same mistakes. It's great that you've got a great story and characters you love, but it's the little things that take your writing into polished territory...

6 October 2016books, editing, motivation, writing, writing tips2 Comments

Does Size Really Matter?

I admit it. I'm an over-writer. I write my way into scenes and all the way back out of them, I write whole chapters that don't need to be there. My first drafts are ridiculously long. I know this because I throw away more words than I end up with. My first edit starts with … Continue reading Does Size Really Matter?

15 September 2016editing, fiction, publishing, writing, writing tips7 Comments

How To Be A Terrible Writer

We’ve all had ‘helpful’ advice about becoming a writer like, ‘Just write’, ‘If it’s important to you, you’ll make time,’ or even ‘Inspiration shows up when you’re working’. I put helpful in quotations because, when you’re staring at a blank page, they’re no help at all...

5 September 20167 September 2016editing, motivation, writing, writing tipsLeave a comment

Learning To Love Criticism

When people ask if they can read my novel, my response is always: “Yes, but only if you promise to be harsh.” Perhaps it’s that I overwrite so much in the first draft, or perhaps that I fall in love with the characters too much...

27 August 20167 September 2016editing, fiction, writingLeave a comment
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