Approximately ten minutes ago, I wrote the 102,993rd word of the current draft of my novel, and then I stopped writing. I had reached the end of the last planned scene. It was done. The second full rewrite of my novel is finished!
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Monday, 19 December 2016
The Writing Process: A Guide For Non-Writers - Part Three

I feel like people with no writing experience see this as
the end point. You’ve written a first draft, therefore you’ve written a book, right? What people forget is that things
hardly ever turn out right first time. If you read Part Two of my writing process series (discussing the writing of the first draft), you’ll understand the extent of this and the reasoning behind
it. Even if you outlined your book in great detail, there is no guarantee that
you won’t change things halfway through, or that you will be happy with the book
that your outline produced. And of course, it’s extremely unlikely that you’ll
be happy with the actual writing. Every writer has their flaws: some of us ‘underwrite’,
some of us ‘overwrite’, and we all have words and phrases that we use far too
often. The first draft is just a foundation for all the good things to come
later, and it may need fixing before you can even do that.
Thursday, 15 December 2016
The Writing Process: A Guide for Non-Writers - Part Two

Sounds too good to be true, right? That’s because it is.
Although writing the first draft may be the least complicated part – the only step to it is “sit your butt down and WRITE DAMMIT” – that
does not mean it is easy. A writer faces many challenges while writing the
first draft. Many writers quit at this point.
Sunday, 11 December 2016
The Writing Process: A Guide For Non-Writers – Part One


It occurred to me that the reason people say things like this is because they have misconceptions about what writing a book actually involves. So rather than just reminding people that writers find being told these things incredibly annoying, I thought I’d write a bit about what novel writers actually do. Hopefully this should help people understand that writing a book is ridiculously time-consuming and difficult, and even more so to do it well. Then you can go forth into the world safe in the knowledge that you’re not going to offend your writer friends, and can actively support them!
Monday, 5 December 2016
Ice Massacre: Book Review

Finally, the islanders decide to try a new tactic: send
women, less susceptible to the mermaid’s allure, instead. And so, after five
years of training, Meela and nineteen other girls set out with the promise of
glory and honour – but without the promise of any of them even returning home
alive. But for Meela, the Massacre isn’t just about saving her people from
starvation. It’s also about Lysi – the mermaid she saved and befriended when
she was ten, and what happened to ruin their seemingly unbreakable friendship.
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