I read this post recently on unlikable female characters. The article discusses how the reader (or viewer) will generally forgive unpleasant traits in a male character while not being so...
Read articleIn this title I’m referring to the awful word procrastination. Whether we’re trying to get a first draft finished, editing and proofing a novel, on a work project or doing...
Read articleWhen I first started writing I found it really hard to imagine my characters as anything other than beautiful, talented and clever. But in making them super-people they aren’t likeable...
Read articleI have perfectionist tendencies — which at times tend towards the extreme end of the continuum. I’m not a perfectionist with everything, far from it. I can live with dusty...
Read articleEnglish is a funny language. My mother’s response to that would be, ‘Funny ha ha, or funny peculiar?’ I recently read a book where all the characters smirked rather than...
Read articleThe setting of some books is determined by the events that happen while others are determined by the personalities and traits of the characters. For example, Lives Interrupted is about...
Read articleWriting the Stars is the title of my new novel. Anna is a woman trying to take charge of her life after dealing with a cheating boyfriend and losing her...
Read article‘For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.’ Eugène Ionesco. If you’re not a writer this probably sounds sad, but it is definitely true. Writers come...
Read articleI’ve sometimes been asked why I write. The answer depends on how I’m feeling and who is asking. There is nothing wrong in wanting to make money from writing, but...
Read articleWhen I first starting writing seriously, I often wondered if I had what it took to complete a novel. What I was really asking was could I complete the first...
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