Shauna Bickley

Posted on Saturday 25th June 2016 by Shauna Bickley

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...

Posted on Sunday 29th May 2016 by Shauna Bickley

In 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...

Posted on Tuesday 24th May 2016 by Shauna Bickley

When 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...

Posted on Sunday 17th April 2016 by Shauna Bickley

I 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...

Posted on Wednesday 2nd March 2016 by Shauna Bickley

English 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...

Posted on Tuesday 16th February 2016 by Shauna Bickley

The 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...

Posted on Tuesday 9th February 2016 by Shauna Bickley

Writing 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...

Posted on Monday 8th February 2016 by Shauna Bickley

‘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...

Posted on Wednesday 3rd February 2016 by Shauna Bickley

I’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...

Posted on Wednesday 27th January 2016 by Shauna Bickley

When 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...