Light at the end of the road...
I ended my last blog post, over eighteen months ago, with the words ‘Roll on 2019…’ As many of you will also attest, 2019 seems like a...
How do you measure a year?
As we're nearing the end of the year – I feel compelled to reflect on what I've learned through this year of ups and downs: how do y
First draft finished: it's just the beginning
I have finished my first draft! It’s taken ten months of research, planning, writing, self-doubt, re-writing, crying, editing, and more self
Putting my story on the grid
I’m learning a lot from Shawn Coyne’s story grid approach to editing. I took time out this week to analyse the genre of my book in more deta