November is National Novel Writing Month, a time when people across the world come together (albeit virtually) to stare into their computers and write 50,000 words in one month. So, when October rolls around, it’s
If you know me, then you saw this post coming a mile away. The 22nd of September (today in New Zealand!) is officially International Hobbit Day (and also Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday). So, it’s time
Writing routines and rituals are an important part of the writing process. They are the answer to ‘I don’t have the time to write’ – figuring out a writing routine can help us find available hours in
You may know by now that I am a time blocking fan. Put simply, time blocking enabled me to complete a PhD while working two jobs, and finish two novels in one year with time
Do you worry about writing every day? Should you write every day? Stephen King thinks so, and it works for many other people…but I’m afraid that I’m not one of them. Here’s the issue –
Ah, writer’s block! It can come along at any time and sometimes without warning. Whether or not you believe in it, writer’s block can appear in many guises and hold us back when creating. So
Welcome writer! Do you ever sit down to write and find that instead you’ve spent an hour researching? Well, here’s a little writer’s hack from the mines of my writing brain to limit that issue
Argh, procrastination. Apparently, our attention span has fallen from twelve to eight seconds in recent years (let’s be honest though, twelve seconds isn’t exactly a jamboree of attention). We have so many amazing tools to
A 7 Step Journey from Time Poor to Productive Writer Did you know that only 3% of aspiring authors finish their manuscript? Now, of course, there are potentially plenty of reasons for why this is,
You’ve got those writing tasks to do, and they are not all fun (although, to be fair, a lot of them are). We’re talking research, actually writing a draft, querying, reading, blogging, editing, proofreading…the list
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After publishing my novel, The Finery, a joyful romp through a dystopian fantasy setting, I thought I would share my top five humorous fantasy reads. Men at Arms By Terry
If you take a moment to Google ‘Female fiction characters over the age of forty, the first thing that comes up is a sentence that reads, ‘Here are five female
According to sales statistics, fantasy book sales grew by over 45% in 2021 compared to 2020, and I’m not a bit surprised to hear it. As a reader, I’ve always
It’s no surprise to me that sales of fantasy fiction increased by 45% in 2021, as the world struggled to get used to the new reality of the pandemic. We
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