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Jan 1, 202214 min read
Find your novel's genre (and sub-genre). Don't start until you are clear
Choosing a genre is the starting point in all fiction writing. I cannot stress this enough. Please do not start your book until you are...
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Zoe Scholtz
Dec 14, 20217 min read
I stopped mucking about and finally wrote my book - Zoe Scholz
Zoë Scholtz, June 2020 Early in January 2020, it was a weekday, a day like any other. I was at the office minding my own business,...
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info590613
Dec 8, 20213 min read
The types of scenes your book needs
Books are loooooong and so many can be really boring. As an author that is your problem to solve, and it often means you need to engage...
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info590613
Nov 22, 20212 min read
How to Write About Yourself
Writing about yourself is an exercise in both honesty and storytelling. You are narrating your own life or experience, but you are also...
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info590613
Nov 20, 20213 min read
Rainmakers, Initiation and Climate Change
If Einstein was right, and a problem cannot be solved using the mindset that created it, perhaps we should be discussing our climate...
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info590613
Oct 27, 20214 min read
How to Build a Book (hint... scene by scene)
Writing a non-fiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in.’ Rich Cohen ...
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info590613
Oct 4, 20213 min read
The real work of writing
We write and write and write, and then someone asks the dreaded question… ‘so what is your book about?’ What happens? You stammer and...
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info590613
Sep 10, 20213 min read
Finding your book's golden thread
"We are all part of the old stories; whether we know the stories or not, the old stories know about us." Leslie Marmon Silko Below in...
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info590613
Jun 21, 20219 min read
My Greek Writing Adventure - Not Shirley Valentine but close!
As I faced the prospect of retrenchment a year ago, I spent some time with my friend Google, searching his pages for direction to my...
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info590613
Jun 16, 20215 min read
A writing retreat on a lesbian island? It shouldn't happen to a lawyer
Write your Book' the post read. 'Join us on a writing retreat on the beautiful Greek Island of Lesvos’. I had in fact written a book,...
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info590613
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Ten lessons from self-publishing romance novels
Francine Beaton writes romance novels. We asked to help us out by sharing some of the lessons she has learned. As a self-publishing...
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info590613
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Books that shine a light
What books have been important to you in your life? Which books do you keep on your shelf, no matter how many times you move and box and...
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info590613
Feb 21, 20214 min read
What publishers are looking for in 2022
People are devouring books in lockdown and stories that capture imaginations are rising. We did a talk recently on what books are being...
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info590613
Jan 18, 20215 min read
5 reasons you are not writing right now
We are all stuck at home. Life is slower and smaller. Is this not the place all writers want to find? A quiet, empty place to allow the...
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info590613
Jan 4, 20213 min read
How to write a memoir
Writing your own story is sometimes not an option - it is something you have to do. I'd Iike you to do it well. These tips are to take...
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info590613
Jan 2, 20214 min read
How to send your book to publishers and agents
If you have done all the long and hard work writing and polishing your book, it’s time to press play. If you want to get a publishing...
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info590613
Dec 14, 20205 min read
Closing a decade of no writing
I have come to believe that life offers us some heroic stories that can form and shape us into better people. The bad news is, seldom are...
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info590613
Dec 8, 20204 min read
Should you PUBLISH your story or TMI?
When is it a good time to share your story? And..... should you share it at all? I always encourage writer to WRITE their stories....
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info590613
Sep 25, 20204 min read
Say what! How many drafts of my book must I write?
I have just finished writing my 11th book in 15 years (three are my own books and the other eight I ghostwrote for clients over the last...
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info590613
Jul 28, 20204 min read
Do you REALLY need an author blog?
Author blog? Author brand? Do you even need one? I can answer this in one simple word. Yes. Oh yes! If you are writing any form of...
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