Tag Archives: Writing and Editing

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”

And We’re Done! (Again)

So after a month and a half of gruelling editing where I have totally shirked my August Camp NaNoWriMo aspirations, I have finally completed the newest, shiniest draft of Storm of Blood. It’s going off to some loyal and totally fantastic beta readers ahead of it landing in the lap of my shiny editor inContinue reading “And We’re Done! (Again)”

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”

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”