Have you ever been tempted to include chapters that veer away from your protagonist or narrator? I think of these as guest slots and it’s...

What missteps do you make in your writing? Do you know how to spot them? When I read manuscripts, especially from people who are quite...

Congratulations! You’ve finished your third draft of your manuscript! Or maybe it’s your fourth, or fifth, or sixth… But whatever number...

Tropes have a bad reputation. But what can you do to make your work less 'tropey'? Here are just a few of my thoughts on tropes, their...

With Valentine's Day coming up, this seemed appropriate. Enjoy! 1. Get creative with the words you use for body parts! And make sure to...

It's the start of the year so I thought it would be a good time to consider the start of novels. This is just a few of my thoughts on...

As a writer, it can very difficult to take criticism. You put your heart and soul in a piece of work and it can be devastating to find...

September was a crazy busy month (for good reasons, fortunately)! And with busy times, it can be hard to find the motivation or the...

Violence against women has been in the news a lot lately. Self-proclaimed Incels have also been in the spotlight. Unfortunately, while...

There are plenty of people who will try to tell you what ‘good style’ is. First of all, anyone who tries to make you conform to their...

Protagonists, antagonists, heroes, villains, they all need to be fully characterised for the reader really care about them. We need to...