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Camp NaNoWriMo

Because of the success of the two NaNoWriMo events I’ve been involved in (two wins, one published novel and working on the second one as I type), and because I have more book ideas than I have time to write them, I’ve decided to participate in this year’s Camp NaNoWriMo. It’s being run in bothContinue reading “Camp NaNoWriMo”

Style: not just something you’re born with

I try not to give much writing advice on this blog because I only have a lifetime of reading, a four year English degree and two moderate bestsellers to my name. However, there are a few things I want to get off my chest that I’ve come across time and time again not only inContinue reading “Style: not just something you’re born with”

What I Learned About Taste From Serial Publishing

I published Storm Front as five separate short stories and a separate novella on Smashwords. The Storm Front short stories were free, so there’s no reason not to ‘buy’ them – except for personal taste. The stories can be distilled down to the basic following: the introduction story, the school play, the weird one that’sContinue reading “What I Learned About Taste From Serial Publishing”

Writing Rules For Rule Breakers

Today I read a fantastic article over at Writer Unboxed called A Singularly Unpopular View of Adverbs by Keith Cronan. In it, Cronan details how some writing preferences have appeared to become rules without fully being comprehended, which sends authors off doing things to their prose they shouldn’t be doing. Here are some great excerpts: We’ve been taughtContinue reading “Writing Rules For Rule Breakers”