Well that was interesting, a couple of pages written for Nick and a couple from Martin, neither finished yet but brought out all sorts of useful ideas. Nick (hubby) told me his in the form of a magazine relationship questionnaire, Martin (the bit on the …
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As I’ve previously mentioned some of the things that originally got me addicted to reading (see Rupert blogpost) there also has to be an honourable shout out for the ‘Mark Fox’ books by Michael Hardcastle. Men of a certain vintage (they were written very much …
Read MoreWriting Process 4
Having read back what I have so far, I’ve given myself a bit of a dilemma. I think Martin (is ‘affairee’ a word?) needs to be charming, cheeky and appealing, but should he be the villain based on his behaviour when younger at University? I’m …
Read MoreTwitter went mad
What an unexpected evening! Being slightly grumpy from the mild achyness of my second jab (and a little disappointed they didn’t give me a lollipop) I was genuinely excited to hit 40 followers on Twitter, so did a little tweet about that. Bugger me, all …
Read MoreWriting Process 3
Because I don’t want to get ahead of myself, I note a few things I need to research, as a reminder, realistic costs and contemporary references, and some details on calorific intakes. I’d decided early on this would be a quirk for Tiffany in her …
Read MoreWriting Process 2
I now have Tiffany born in 1968, at University in 1986, the fateful brief encounter in 2000, and Chloe naturally being born in 2002, after the affair is over, making her 18 in 2021. This pleases me aesthetically and structurally, and I have a note …
Read MoreWriting Process 1
So, I keep my promises and said I’d blog a bit about my process of writing a new book, so here goes. Everyone will have their own process of course, and every book is different, but when I have a new idea, my most common …
Read MoreScenes that just don’t fit
I just wanted to mention the setting and background for a scene which I’ve wanted to put into four different stories now, but sadly it just doesn’t seem to fit with them so has never been used. I tried to find a way of using …
Read MoreWorks in Progress
In the Twittyverse authors often talks about their current work in progress (WIP), but I find that a really difficult one to answer, as it really depends on the day of the week, or even hour of the day. When I came back to organise …
Read MoreShow Me the Money
This is something fellow writers must ask themselves as I did. How much should I spend on my writing? First tip, by no means innovative or shocking to say, but don’t use Vanity Publishing. Simple. These days if all you want is a good looking …
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