This is first in a series of blog posts about how to turn your life into fiction. Today I'm going to be talking about research. Why Me? I've talked extensively about how to turn your life into fiction in blog posts and seminars. I've even written a book about it! This coming Tuesday, I'm going to … [Read more...]
Advice for New Writers: Five Stages of Writing a Novel
Are you struggling to complete the novel you started? Or want to write one but don't know where to start? Writing a novel is a complicated and sometimes a long drawn-out process. However, it can be divided into five steps. These five stages of writing a novel can vary a little from author to author, … [Read more...]
How to Write in Another Language
Would you like to know how to write a regular blog, novel or a nonfiction title in another language? When I tell people I’m a writer, the first thing they ask me apart from what I write (Nordic contemporary fiction), is what language I use. I graduated from a Finnish College with a Baccalaureat and … [Read more...]
5 Tips on How to prepare for the 20 Books to 50K Conference
If you are an author and particularly a self-published writer, you've most probably heard of the 20 Books to 50K movement. The idea of 20 Books to 50K came to Michael Anderle after he made $10k in 90 days writing a few books. He realized pretty early on that if he could publish twenty books, he was … [Read more...]
Five Reasons Why Authors Should Attend Live Conferences and Seminars
Authors spend most of their time at a desk be it in a coffee house, an office (oh, the luxury!) or at home. It's quite a solitary profession, something which I've had real difficulty to come to terms with since I turned full-time author two years ago. Attending author events has helped me a lot with … [Read more...]
The London Book Fair 2018
I'm really looking forward to the London Book Fair, the annual showcase for publishers from all over the world. Many international and domestic publishing deals are completed in London, which is why it's such a big event for the British publishing industry. Authors at London Book Fair … [Read more...]
Are You Ready for Nordic Family Drama?
January seems so right for some Nordic family drama doesn't it? With all the dieting, non-drinking and bleakness of the weather (at least here in London it's decidedly Dickensian) we all want something that reflects the somber mood, right? So if you crave something different after all the festive … [Read more...]
Don’t Bore Your Reader
We all know to bore the reader is the most heinous crime an author can commit. Boring Explanations You know those days when you sit down at your keyboard to write and know you have to explain something in the book that, to put it frankly, bores you? It could be a little bit of backstory, or scene … [Read more...]
Write Your Story
Write Your Story: How to Turn Your Life into Fiction in 10 Easy Steps is out now. Turning Fact into Fiction You may know that my best-selling novel, The English Heart, is closely based on my own life. Or how some 30 years ago I fell head over heels in love with my Englishman. He was a Royal … [Read more...]
Does writing a book ever get easier?
I've written a total of nine books, seven of them full-length novels. So is it easier to write a book when you've already published a few? Practice Makes Perfect ... Naturally, if you've written one novel, it's easier to write another one. Well, in theory, it is. For me, it took three novels … [Read more...]
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