Top Five Writing Tips | National Writing Day
Top Five Writing Tips | National Writing Day Today it is National Writing Day 2021! As such, I thought it would be the perfect day to share my Top Five Writing Tips as a published author.…
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Top Five Writing Tips | National Writing Day Today it is National Writing Day 2021! As such, I thought it would be the perfect day to share my Top Five Writing Tips as a published author.…
It’s the Publication Day of What Planet Can I Blame This On? Today is the publication day of my debut novel What Planet Can I Blame This On? It’s OUT NOW in ebook and paperback, available from…
How I Write 10000 Words a Day Today’s blog post is all about how I write 10000 words a day. Firstly, to all my writer friends this is not a brag. Yes, I tend to…
How I Research My Novels As a writer of contemporary fiction and historical fiction, I regularly have to research elements of my book. From finding out what people wore in the 1940s, to how tarot…
My Writing Essentials I spend my weekends writing. Be it a journalistic piece, a novel, or a blog post. I’m constantly writing away. When I’m working on a project I have certain writing essentials that…
The Query Process | Writing Ironically as writers, we authors tend to add numbers to everything. The number of rejections we got, the number of drafts we’ve written, the number of books we’ve completed, and…
Author Q&A Now the news is out about my upcoming book What Planet Can I Blame This On? I thought I would share an author Q&A. These are a few of the questions I have received from…
Best Places to Buy Notebooks Right now – or write now, I do love a pun – many of us are working from home, and therefore getting through notebooks like crazy. I love to write a…
Dream Casting my Characters Every writer has dream cast in their head when they’re writing a book – at least every writer I’ve even spoken to. Whilst none of us actually believe that the actors…
How To Write a Novel During Lockdown When lockdown began I saw so many memes and comments on social media saying how now was the time to ‘write that novel’ and ‘learn a new language’.…
My Writing Routine My writing routine is not a daily thing. Since I work full-time and I don’t like to put pressure on myself, as that’s a sure way to get burnout, I write quite…
How I Got a Literary Agent I recently announced that I have been signed by a literary agent, Hannah Weatherill, at Northbank Talent Agency. This was perhaps the biggest achievement of 2019 for me, and…
My New York City Solo Trip Bucket List In a few weeks’ time, I’m off to New York City on my own! That’s right, I’m going solo. And I thought I would put together and…
Why I Have a Side Hustle Since I started freelancing as a journalist a few months ago a lot of people have asked me why I don’t give up my 9-5 job as a Campaigns…