Category: First Two Years
Are there more novels in me?
‘Everyone has a novel in them …’ A lot of people believe that this is true, whether or not you add the second half of the sentence, which is... Read More
Technology
Leaving aside any of the associated technology involved in publishing and marketing a book, there is an initial decision which is critical, and which will have many consequences... Read More
Literary Agents
This is probably the trickiest area for all new writers. As the publishing industry has become tougher and tougher with more books on release, and most of them... Read More
First Draft
The buzz of writing was unlike anything else. Beyond my simple one-paragraph plot, I didn’t know what would happen to my characters – at least not until I... Read More
Simplicity, Tense and Point of View
As the doors open inch-by-inch onto this new world, I realise that, despite a lifetime of voracious reading, I don’t understand the basics of writing a novel. Or rather: As... Read More
First Words
Everything must begin somewhere. After seven months travelling the world, I decided that I was going to write fiction. I wasn’t going back to ‘real’ work, but would pursue... Read More