I have a date every Thursday evening. My writing group meets do read, dissect, critique and applaud our works in progress. Each member has their own unique strengths which I'm finding really helpful with my work in progress. In the past I have used beta readers and professional assessors. Some have been good, others not …
My rules for writing
There's lots of advice out there. And yes, in the field of writing there are always new things to learn. Recently I've seen social posts where questions have been asked by writers (and writers-to-be), so I thought I'd share some of my tips based on the questions asked. In my next blog, I will share …
My writing group
I'm part of a novelist writing group. Every Thursday evening we meet with copies of the next scene from our manuscript. We read it out loud while our fellow writers follow along, making corrections and notes. Then we workshop, and sometimes debate, certain aspects of that chapter. While I'm no spring chicken, three of the …
The writing life
At a book fair, a stallholder was complaining. It was a quiet Sunday afternoon with hardly any visitors at our event, so she stood in front of my display and shared her disappointment in a traditional publisher who was not interested in her work. In her opinion, everything was there. Both illustrations and text. All …
I’m about to read gay sex scenes to straight older men
I'm part of a cool writers' group. Each week we read and review the next scene of each other's projects. Some feedback is relevant. Some is not. And we all have our quirks when we receive critique. Although I'm not exactly young, three of this group of five men are older than me. And unlike …
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I’m writing Romance
This is new to me. Well, almost. I have written two Romance novellas before (see images below), which were guided by a couple of years of binging Sex and the City. There were mixed reviews, making it clear the Romance purists weren't impressed. But at least those who loved them, really loved them. This time …
Acknowledging your Writing Journey
I don't remember the first time I heard this phrase. But it's the way I viewed my writing life ever since. When I first began this journey over a decade ago, a representative at the Australian Society of Authors told me how many new releases flooded the market that year. The amount was staggering. It …
Fictionalising my life
Stop fictionalising your life! This was advice a friend's psychologist told him to tell me. Both me and my husband are talked about often during his sessions, and his analyst has read my books to gain a better understanding of his relationship with us. In a recent writer's hashtag, someone wrote: Trying to get my …
The books for my author signing event didn’t show up.
It was the day before GLO (Gay Lit Oz). We decided not to go to the movies so we'd be home for the delivery of the books I needed for the event. It was Friday and by late afternoon, it was clear something was wrong. My publisher ordered these for me the week before, and …
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Writing Tin Men and Scarecrows – Part 3
I've had a break from writing. I'm recovering from surgery and, as I still haven't put the first draft of my current work in progress to bed yet, I keep thinking of new plot twists to make it better. At the moment it is around 3200 words less than my ideal length, and while I've …
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