Lissa

Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page

As a writer, I feel the need to really know my characters, their situations, their props and settings. For The Edge of Darkness, that wasn’t so hard. It was largely a made-up world, set in deep space on a spaceship and the weapons used were also made up. Internet-Based Research I did some research onContinue reading “Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page”

Beautiful People May 2016

Beautiful People is a linkup hosted by Cait @ Paper Fury and Sky @ Further Up and Further In. It’s aimed at writers so we can answer the questions about our characters and our books. It’s designed to help you get to know your book better! (And also give your followers a sneak peek of your works-in-progresses.) BeautifulContinue reading “Beautiful People May 2016”

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2016 – We Have A Winner!

Technically we have a winner. My aim was to finish the novel I started in NaNoWriMo November 2014. I didn’t know how many words I would need to finish it and I wasn’t 100% sure of where it would actually end, but I estimated I might have needed around 20,000 words. I couldn’t change thatContinue reading “Camp NaNoWriMo April 2016 – We Have A Winner!”

Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?

Recently I’ve come to realise that my perfectionism is holding me back when it comes to delivering complete manuscripts. I’m afraid that once I finish it, that’s it. And it’s true, that is it. Except for editing. But you know, it’s always better in my head. So I don’t want to finish. And my excuseContinue reading “Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?”

New Year, New Ambition

I didn’t make a single blog post in 2015. That’s because due to personal reasons I decided to take the entire year off from writing. It was awesome. Instead of feeling guilty for not writing, I simply said, “I’m not writing this year.” It was liberating. I spent lots of time on my otherContinue reading “New Year, New Ambition”