• Self Editing Step-by-Step

    Self Editing Step-by-Step

    Completing a manuscript is hard work. BUT it doesn’t end there… there’s still revisions and edits to do, and that’s before you give it over to your…

  • What You Need to Know About Beta Reading

    What You Need to Know About Beta Reading

    So you’ve waded through the murky waters of writing a first draft, you’ve self edited as best you can for the time being… now it’s time to…

  • Astrology for Character Creation

    Astrology for Character Creation

    When you feel that first spark of inspiration for a new character it all seems like fate -perfectly falling into place, you manage to construct the perfect…

  • 62 Questions for Novel Planning

    62 Questions for Novel Planning

    I collated these questions during my years at university – some from creative writing teachers, others from exercises or books. This list is not meant to cover…

  • Kill Your Darlings

    Kill Your Darlings

    Fellow writers I hope you’re finding useful things on my blog to help with writing that story! I’m slowly building up an archive of writing posts to…

  • World Building For Your Fantasy Novel

    World Building For Your Fantasy Novel

    If you are a writer, I hope you take the information from this post and find it useful in the future. Novels, no matter what genre, are set…