I had such an amazing time talking to Sam Blake on her podcast, Behind the Bestseller. Romance is the biggest selling genre worldwide and award winning author Ruth Long, in all her various incarnations as RF Long, Ruth Francis Long … Continue reading
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On Writing.ie today, there’s an article from myself and E. R. Murray where we talk about writing Urban Fantasy set in Dublin and discuss writing techniques and ideas – Writing Fantastical Worlds Just to remind everyone that Octocon is on … Continue reading
So as I’ve said in the past couple of weeks I’m stuck into some serious writing. Or at least I would be if it was going the way it’s supposed to. Ah but things rarely go the way in which … Continue reading
Once upon a time a twitter friend asked me to blog about my process. And I went… err… okay… Because, seriously, I don’t really think much about process. I have these crazy ideas and I write them down. Sometimes they … Continue reading
Well, recovery is one thing, but the website is all recovered from the nasty hacking (that was my most unfun thing possibly forever and totally ruined my watching of Endeavour, not to mention a couple weeks afterwards) and I’ve been … Continue reading
Claire Hennesy has a thought provoking post up today about Retellings, where writers take well known and established stories like fairytales and folklore and use them as a base for their own stories, building on them, changing their slant or … Continue reading
~~ As I’m currently in the throes of editing, and I was making some how to edit suggestions on twitter recently, I thought a brief post on some of my methods might be of use. Plus its a neat way … Continue reading
Wow, this month ran away with me. Why? Well a number of reasons. Life, of course, and a bit of a whirl on ideas, research, rewrites etc. The research bit is what I’m thinking most of today. As a writer … Continue reading