Since I became full-time author/entrepreneur five months ago, I've settled into a routine to make sure I don't stay in my dressing gown for the whole day (which is always a distinct possibility). It was doing the NaNoWriMo back in November, which started me off in the right direction. The task of … [Read more...]
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith – Book Review
I've read and liked all three Robert Galbraith (aka J K Rowling) novels featuring the ex-army private detective, Cormoran Strike, and his aptly named side-kick, the young and beautiful Robin. In Career of Evil, Robin's role as Cormoran's assistant is in jeopardy, when she receives a gruesome … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Learn Your Craft: Advice for New Writers Part 5
In the previous posts I wrote about how practise makes perfect, but I also said that writing, like any form of art is something that can be taught. You need aptitude and talent too, but these two alone may not be enough to make you into a successful author. Learning you Craft In this post I will … [Read more...]
Free Kindle book offer!
To celebrate the publication of the long-awaited sequel, The Navy Wife, the first book in the series, The Englishman, a stylish 1980s Nordic love story, is FREE on Kindle for 5 days only! When a young Finnish student Kaisa is invited to the British Embassy cocktail party in Helsinki to celebrate a … [Read more...]
Advice for New Writers Part 4: How to Increase the Speed of Writing
In Part 2 of this series of posts, I talked about editing your work, and how the first draft is always just that, a draft – an incomplete piece of writing. Having said that, without getting those words out, without that first draft, you cannot move forward and produce a finished product - your … [Read more...]
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