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Category: Writing Tips/Advice

Do you need help with self-publishing?

Posted on June 2, 2024June 27, 2024 by Wayne

Does self-publishing your first book to the Kindle platform seem daunting? Or maybe you think it looks easy? The truth is probably somewhere between the two. In addition to my full Self-Publishing package, I now offer some basic eBook only services to help those new to Indie Publishing get their precious books out into the…

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Finding Creative Focus During Lockdown – The Power Of The Deadline

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Wayne

Finding creative focus during  the Covid-19 lockdown has been tricky for many writers and creatives and I’m no exception. Like many of you, I’m working from home, following all the advice about social distancing and trying to stay motivated and sane in these scary times we’re currently living through. No news is good news ….

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How to know when an idea is ‘THE IDEA’

Posted on November 8, 2018November 13, 2018 by Wayne

As writers and creatives, the problem is rarely ‘I have no ideas’. It’s usually quite the opposite and we get inundated with the damn things. So how do we know which one is ‘THE IDEA’, the one that has the legs, the depth and the originality to be worthy of our valuable time? It’s a…

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3 Ways Short Stories Will Improve Your Novel

Posted on October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 by Wayne

Short stories can help improve your writing and freshen things up when you’re bogged down in a novel. In my last post I talked about the need to ‘reset’ and ‘rewrite your attitude’ when things get tough during a longer project, and taking a break to write something short can be a great way to…

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How Hosting a Podcast Has Changed My Writing Life

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Wayne

Hosting a podcast is changing my writing life. I know, I know. We’ve been here before. Me talking all excited and motivated. Telling you about how I’ll be blogging every week. But this time I mean it. Honest. Wipe that smirk off your face and get with the programme, will you? I’m trying to be…

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Parker and why we love an anti-hero

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Wayne

Richard Stark’s Parker novels offer the perfect anti-hero and inspired my own protagonist.

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Stuck on your WIP? Skip to the end . . .

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Wayne

Stuck on your WIP? Things getting a little like wading through treacle? My advice? Skip to the end! That’s exactly what I’ve been doing after a long spell of procrastination and self-doubt. http://67.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltslooUuel1r5ceufo1_500.gif Last time I gave you any kind of update, I was still in the honeymoon period of writing my second novel. 25,000…

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Finishing my First Draft – The End of The Beginning

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Wayne

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”          – Winston Churchill, 1942. Let’s skip forward a few decades. Wednesday May 29th, 2015. The day I finally typed ‘The End’ on the manuscript of the first draft of…

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The Novel Dilemma – When should you quit your WIP?

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Wayne

I have a dilemma and I need your advice. I have a 79,000 word WIP and I think I’m on the verge of abandoning it for the foreseeable future. Here’s why: In November 2012, as part of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month), I wrote almost 56,000 words of my novel, Let Sleeping Gods Lie. In…

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Why you should be listening to podcasts – grabbing inspiration on the move. 

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Wayne

  Podcasts are a great way to multi-task – getting advice on writing from shows like Writing Excuses, listening to the musings of comedians like Bill Burr or getting hooked  on true crime stories like the brilliant Serial. I’ve been listening to podcasts for several years and as of last December, I’ve even begun to…

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