One chapter in one of my works in progress has bothered me. It's a dramatic chapter where a character ends his affair. Every time I've read it in context with the rest of the manuscript, it hasn't made sense. It started with two men thrashing it out realising there was no room for bullshit anymore. …
Insomnia. A writer’s friend.
All my life I've been an insomniac. Not the 'lie in bed trying the fall asleep' type. The 'wake up at 3am and can't sleep for hours' kind. It doesn't happen every night, and if the next day is not a work day, that's not a problem. As writers, we know that these night hours …
Writing Tips – J.P. Bowie
This week we have more tips from an author, this time from J.P. Bowie. He began writing seriously in 2000, self publishing a series of books featuring a young artist living in Laguna Beach. The series was successful and since then J.P. has been published by TEB Press, a UK based publishing company, Wilde City, …
Writing Tips – L.A. Fields
Welcome to the next in our series of special guest blogs from authors sharing their writing tips. This week we hear from L.A. Fields. She lives in Dallas, Texas and her short fiction has appeared in anthologies of horror, erotica, and academia. She's also the author of The Disorder Series, the short story collection Countrycide, the Lambda …
Writing Tips – Elaine White
Welcome to the second guest post from authors sharing their writer's tips. This week meet Elaine White. Her bio tells us that she grew up in a small town on the east coast of Scotland and writes paranormal romance, crime and MM romance. Fighting cancer in her early teens taught her that life is short and dreams should be …
