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Guys, am on writing hiatus. Back when I’m done. You know…done, done. Continue reading Blog off

Sunday night, laughing at the telly, kids lolling all over me, fiancee´on the other sofa sipping at a glass of wine, all is well with the world. Tweet Tweet! Why did I have to look? What is it about Twitter that makes those surreptitious glances oh so tempting. What do you mean I’ve got a challenge? … Continue reading 7x7x7x7…Let’s Play!

There are times when I wish there was such a thing as a publishing confessor. Someone and somewhere I could visit, to rest my weary eyes as I cast them downwards in shame and ask for literary absolution. It would save me the trouble of having to wrestle with my conscience the whole time. A … Continue reading A Cure For Writer’s Twitch…

As Gordon Ramsay so often says when conjuring another fine dish for us home chefs to marvel at… ‘DONE!’ Trouble is, I’m not sure writers can ever really say we’re ‘done’. I thought I was done a while back but then I sent my debut novel out to a few agents and they wrote back very … Continue reading I think you know your book’s cooked when it stops screaming.

Determined to write a publishable novel, my game plan was set:- 1. Write great thriller, heart and soul job, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite 2. Set up blog giving occasional insight into the roller coaster ride that is writing and the publishing process, which is almost certain to end in disaster/no agent/no publisher based on statistics alone … Continue reading Setting oneself up for a fall…