
This is a question that comes up a lot. It’s almost a reflex question following a writer’s answer to “What do you do?“. It’s a […] Read More
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This is a question that comes up a lot. It’s almost a reflex question following a writer’s answer to “What do you do?“. It’s a […] Read More
You are stuck. Everything has been planned and worked out. You know where the story should be heading, but nothing is happening. Your characters won’t […] Read More
Starting a fresh new project can be daunting and scary and challenging and exciting and a few other things. Having completed my re-re-re-rewrite of my […] Read More
I did a little something. After many years and many edits and rewrites, I finished the final draft of my novel. Now it’s time to […] Read More
Worldbuilding and Playing Games Whether you are writing a fantasy epic or creating your own RPG campaign setting, Worldbuilding is an important aspect. The adventures […] Read More
Writing the Silent Symphony I am three chapters up since my last novel update. Three out of the four movements (yes, movements, not acts, this […] Read More
Latin words and phrases in English writing – the final round This time we look at some slightly unusual Latin terms. They might not be […] Read More
More than a wink The semicolon is a stifling little piece of punctuation. In fact, it makes some of us uncomfortable. If you’ve only used the […] Read More
Finishing my novel, The Silent Symphony Dear Readers, The past few months I have been hard at work on my novel, The Silent Symphony. I am rewriting […] Read More
How to Write a Successful Backstory Few stories start with a backstory, unless it is a dull info-dump. Page one, chapter one, you find characters […] Read More
Creating Tension in Your Fiction There’s a lot of advice out there about creating tension in your writing. As far as I can tell, quite […] Read More
The Work I am currently working on a novel. It has been under construction for the last three (and a bit) years. It has been […] Read More