Today I’m going to stress the importance of authors utilising editors by using references to the modern-day Doctor Who series. I will be talking about the David Tennant version of the Doctor (the tenth doctor), though, because Christopher Eccleston (the ninth version) only had one season and quite frankly it wasn’t as well written asContinue reading “Authors Need Editors: Doctor Who as Author, Companions as Editors”
Category Archives: Writerly Musings
Why I Decided to Ignore Legacy Houses & Self-Publish
I always had a secret desire to be an author, but was taught from a young age that it was unfeasible. Growing up in the 90s, only people like Roald Dahl and Jodi Picoult and Stephen King got published. I was taught to focus on obtaining a ‘real’ job and only do my writing inContinue reading “Why I Decided to Ignore Legacy Houses & Self-Publish”
When You Give Up Something You Love
I’m rewriting some third person point of view chapters into first person for Darkwalker. I’ve come across my first omniscient “little did he know” type sentence. I can’t fix it in the suitable point of view. Exactly halfway into the book, I give the first hint at the ending, and unfortunately, I have to letContinue reading “When You Give Up Something You Love”
Childfree By Choice – Does It Make Her Less Feminine?
At the risk of revealing too many spoilers, I feel the need to talk about something very close to my heart. In February, an ex Australian politician declared that “Anybody that chooses a life without children cannot have much love in them.” He was having a go at Australia’s currently childless female Prime Minister. ThisContinue reading “Childfree By Choice – Does It Make Her Less Feminine?”
Lissa Bilyk 