When a juggler juggles…
When a juggler juggles, a strange phenomenon happens as the world slows down to watch in awe, and the juggler speeds up and shuffles two, four, six, eight clubs until […]
Category Archives: Writing
5 lessons I learned from Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I recently finished The Shadow Of The Wind by masterful storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafón and before I go any further… Fear not – NO SPOILERS in this post. The Shadow Of […]
9 playlists to listen to while writing.
Unless you have just landed here (if you have then by all means, welcome!), you know how important music is to me. In a previous post, I have compared writing […]
Crafting your elevator pitch: trials & errors.
“I’m writing a novel.” “Oh really? What is it about?” “Umm…” Story of my life. How do you answer this question? How do you resume a 80,000-140,000 word project to a pathetic string […]
Kill your darlings, recycle your darlings.
Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings. It was William Faulkner who coined the phrase “kill your darlings” but […]
The Story Behind The Story – ‘The Wind Knows Everything’
Originally posted on Gulara Vincent, PhD:
Welcome back to The Story Behind The Story series. Today’s post is by Elissaveta Marinova. Her writing is enchanting and charming. I hope you…
Why every writer needs a storyboard (and how to use it)
Ever since I began writing my novel, I have made some great friends – helping friends, with no flesh but a heaps of potential. This sounds like a riddle and […]
Six secrets to becoming a Metaphor Master.
The writer has many best friends. Among them there is confidence, imagination, the internet, the library, a dictionary and so many more I could probably justify starting a series on […]
The Mirror of Erised – what would your characters see?
I recently re-watched the old Harry Potter movies and while my inner child was beaming with joy, the writer in me was also given a little food for thought. I think […]
Unearthing Ideas
Originally posted on Helen Glynn Jones:
Where do ideas come from? Ambeth was inspired, as I’ve said before, by something that happened to me when I was a child. But…
8 ways you can research your novel and characters.
A week ago, I realised I only knew about 10% of what I should know about Berber culture – a crucial part of my novel. Suddenly, I felt miserable and clueless. […]
We’re going to be friends.
I have been blogging for 4 months and I must be honest with you – it all began with the wish to build a so-called “platform”. I welcomed the all […]
A writer's caravan 