Reckless Rebellion – Getting Close!

Last week, I sent Reckless Rebellion off the editors. I’ve polished and polished this book, and now there’s just the grammar to check. Hopefully (fingers crossed!) the edits will be relatively easy once it arrives back. My aim is to have the edits done by...

Growing your writing skills

Like many other writers, I’ve always wanted to write. I started many novels as a child and teenager, but it wasn’t until November 2006 that I began the first one I finished. I wrote, and wrote, for three months, until I hit the end. Then I moved onto the...

6 Tips for Choosing the Right Editor for your Book

Sorry, my Saturday post disappeared in the agony of trying to decide what I was going to do about editing for Reckless Rebellion, so I figured that I could at least use the experience to write a post! From my (very small) pool of experience, I thought I’d share...

My 4 Favourite Writing Books

I’m not sure if this should be my favourite ‘writing books’, since most of them aren’t quite about writing, but I can’t think of anything else that gives the right impression. I tend not to read books about plotting or characterisation....

Writing Update – Reckless Rebellion

Well, I posted towards the end of last month that I hoped to have Reckless Rebellion finished by the end of the month. I did try. I sat down to write, but the ending just wouldn’t come. It seemed forced, and lame, and not satisfying at all. So instead I went...