Posts Tagged ‘Fiction’
When I started writing I Can See You there was only the one story planned. At the time, no sequel immediately sprang to mind. To be honest, I when I started writing this book back in 2005, I would’ve been delighted just to know that I would actually finish the first draft. The same applied to […]
Filed under: Novel In Progress, Reading, Writing | 37 Comments
Tags: Books, Fiction, Reading, Sequel, the Hunger Games, trilogies, Writing
First Draft complete!
I’ve written a book! The first draft of A Scream in the Woods is complete. I only started it on the first of August, so in 52 days I’ve managed to write a 74k first draft. I cannot believe that I’ve actually done it. Thank you Camp NaNo for giving me the incentive to write […]
Filed under: Camp Nano, E-Book, Novel In Progress, Writing | 40 Comments
Tags: CAMP NANO, Crime fiction, Fiction, National Novel Writing Month, Scrivener, Writing
As today is National Flash Fiction day I thought I would publish something on my blog. This was a story I had rolling around in my head for a while and I wrote it especially for our e-book. (Link to download the FREE book) Disclaimer – Any story that I put up on this site […]
Filed under: E-Book, Flash Fiction, Writing | 17 Comments
Tags: Creative writing, E-book, Fiction, National Flash Fiction, Writing
The Magical 50k word barrier
When I finished the re-write of chapter 15 my spreadsheet tracking tool told me that I had gone over the 50k words mark. Yippee! I know I’m sad posting a picture of my spreadsheet, but Shannon Howell posted something similar in an update about last month and I thought it was a good idea. Maybe […]
Filed under: E-Book, Novel In Progress, Steel City Writers, Writing | 33 Comments
Tags: Crime fiction, Fiction, photography, Spreadsheet, spring, Writing
I have mentioned before that I am part of a writing group. We now have a name: The Steel City Writers. We have been working on a number of projects recently and I would formally like to invite you over to the grand opening of our new blog. There are five writers in the group and we […]
Filed under: E-Book, Steel City Writers, Writing | 19 Comments
Tags: Blog, Creative writing, E-book, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Writers Resources, Writing Exercises, Writing process, Yorkshire
If you read my last post you’ll know that the Nasty Mr Migraine stole my Mojo, if you didn’t read it then it’s just one click away! Thank you for all your words of encouragement. I really appreciate the comments and support. It does make a massive difference. During the writing break I decided to […]
Filed under: Novel In Progress, Reading, Writing | 27 Comments
Tags: Crime fiction, Fiction, Mojo, Timeline, Twitter, Writers Resources, Writing process
I decided to broaden my reading this year and take part in BookdOut’s Eclectic Reading Challenge 2012. First of all, a big THANK YOU for your comments and suggestions on which books I should read in 2012. I’ve set up a page to track the challenge and will add the books I’ve chosen for each genre […]
Filed under: E-Book, Reading, Recommended Books, Writing | 36 Comments
Tags: challenges, Charles Dickens, Deborah Harkness, Fiction, Jack Reacher, Literature, Philip Pullman, Reading, Science fiction
Print Length: 352 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (1 Aug 2011) Sold by: Amazon UK Language English Official website: Marika Cobbold Overview It is winter in London. Eliza Cummings, a ceramics restorer at the V&A Museum, is leaving work when she receives an unexpected phone call. Standing in the haze of the Christmas lights she hears a voice which draws her […]
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Tags: Bloomsbury Publishing, Eliza Cummings, Fiction, First-person narrative, Reading
Recommended Book – Good as Dead
This is the 10th novel featuring DI Tom Thorne, the unpredictable and unorthodox British Detective. Central to Good as Dead is a hostage situation which brings together Thorne and DS Helen Weeks who appeared in Billingham’s only standalone novel – In the Dark. The hostage element of the plot brings a good pace and tension […]
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Tags: book review, Crime fiction, Fiction, Mark Billingham, Tom Thorne
My First Proper Rejection!
It arrived. The email I had waited for since submitting my short story Adventures before Christmas. The word REJECTION wasn’t in the title of the email. It hadn’t been typed in the body of the email. It wasn’t even included in the attachment, but my story wasn’t being shortlisted for the monthly prize. Whichever way you […]
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Tags: Creative writing, Fiction, Short story, Writing
