I know, I know, I said I wasn’t doing NaNoWriMo this year. But you know what? I caved. Sort of. See, NaNo is pretty fun, and I do really enjoy doing it. Sure, I wasn’t happy with the noir superhero novel I wrote last year, but in the process of writing it, I learned a […]
Writing Tips
Photo Prompt 57
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Photo Prompt 56
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Looking for Conflict
Writers are forever being told that good stories rely on conflict or drama. “There is no story if the protagonist has to problem to solve!” cry the experts. Apparently the world isn’t full of enough conflict, and we need to inflict yet more arguments, high stakes and the like on our lovely readers. Hell, I’m […]
Photo Prompt 55
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Say hello to Nerine Dorman
I love throwing open the doors of my blog to different writers, so today I’m very pleased to welcome South African word mistress Nerine Dorman! Nerine Dorman works as a newspaper sub-editor and writer by day; at night she writes and edits fiction. Her novels are an indulgence in black magic; vampires; tall, dark and looming… […]
