Finding Creative Focus During Lockdown – The Power Of The Deadline
Finding creative focus during the Covid-19 lockdown has been tricky for many writers and creatives and I’m no exception. Like many of…
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Book Review – The Righteous Spy by Merle Nygate
In preparation for an upcoming episode of The Joined Up Writing Podcast, an interview with author, Merle Nygate, I read Merle’s espionage…
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How to know when an idea is ‘THE IDEA’
As writers and creatives, the problem is rarely ‘I have no ideas’. It’s usually quite the opposite and we get inundated with…
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3 Ways Short Stories Will Improve Your Novel
Short stories can help improve your writing and freshen things up when you’re bogged down in a novel. In my last post…
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When Writing Gets You Down, REWRITE YOUR ATTITUDE
Today I’m talking about my recent struggle with self-doubt and what you should do when Writing gets you down. It’s been a…
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Genre, Brand and Starting Out
This weekly series of posts follows my writing journey as I prepare to independently release by debut novel, Safe Hands – a…
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Safe Hands Release Date Announced
It’s a big day for me today, in the life of what will be my debut novel – Safe Hands. The time…
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Novel Writing – Research: How much & when to do it …
Weekly posts on Novel Writing with updates on the progress of my debut crime novel, Safe Hands, about an ageing safe cracker…
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Novel Writing – Back on Track (again)
This is one of my weekly updates on the progress of my debut crime novel, Safe Hands, about an ageing safe cracker…
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Novel Writing – Fail to plan . . .
Last week I talked about the work I’ve begun on redrafting the beginning of my novel, ‘Safe Hands’ – focusing specifically on…
