How a decent editor will show you your (book’s) arse You know when you’re about to go out somewhere and you get dressed up because it’s important you look good and you agonise over clothes… shedbooks 28 January 2020 2 Comments
Community round-up: January 27 2020 Wow, January is nearly over and as we limp, blooded and skint, towards the first payday since Christmas, here is a little round up of… Holly 27 January 2020 2 Comments
Short and grumpy A short and irritable email this week, inspired by a trio of author-interactions I’ve had in the weeks since Christmas. Three authors. Three stories. Here… Harry 24 January 2020 9 Comments
Guest post: How the Ultimate Novel Writing Course helped me Abigail Johnson took part in the very first Ultimate Novel Writing Course and has since been long listed for several prestigious awards. Here she shares… Holly 21 January 2020 0 Comments
Community round-up: in case you missed it! Hi everyone, we had such an interesting week of discussions, news and ideas that I thought it might be nice to do a quick round-up… Holly 20 January 2020 0 Comments
Adventurer 101 xx Ch4 *Mild suggestive suicide theme at the end. Read at your own risk.* “That was a short quest,” Riddle spoke to himself. “And rather harmless. I… 20 January 2020 0 Comments
From scene to sequence In my last email, I talked about scene building and I spoke a little as if the only two structural units in a story are… Harry 17 January 2020 1 Comment
Adventurer 101 xx Ch3 The old man sat at his porch and watched the fields. He hummed a simple tune and slowly rocked on his chair. All was calm.… 16 January 2020 0 Comments
Adventurer 101 xx Ch2 Riddle spent far too much time simply trying to get Pipper out to the fields with him. The egg-butt creature wobbled relentlessly and found every… 16 January 2020 0 Comments