Month: December 2009

Murder mystery books are always a popular read and if you take a look in your local bookshop, you will see what I mean. We can learn a lot from published authors of this genre if we take the time to do a little

One of the main reasons that writers fail when writing horror stories is that they are not able to immerse themselves into the plot totally and by this I mean, that, irrespective of how the plot is constructed, the writer should feel the ripples of trepidation in a similar way to the reader.

Writing horror stories in a convincing way means having to scare yourself.

My inner critic has decided to out itself. No longer is it content to just whisper vile negatives

One of the good things about having a blog is that you get to rant occasionally and vent your frustrations and one of my all-time writing hates is when writers submit sub-standard work to publishers. Frankly I don’t understand it

One of the most important aspects of fiction has to be creating believable characters. It is also, I believe, one of the most difficult aspects of writing for many writers. We can all learn the correct techniques and formulas of fiction writing but creating characters that almost live and breathe

Why Fast Fiction Projects Work We have all moaned about having so little time and in this modern, fast-paced society we live in today, I…

If I said that writing can be a lonely occupation, I doubt there would be few who would disagree with me, but it doesn’t have…

Why it happens and how to overcome it……. I am always being asked what writer’s block is, why it occurs and how to overcome it…

It’s true – procrastination destroys the opportunities for writing success! From amateur to professional, procrastination delays and prevents writers from…well…writing! Ok, it is fair to…