I’ve always loved the idea of National Novel Writing Month, which occurs in November every year. During this month, millions of writers wo...

     I’m a dedicated plotter and planner when it comes to writing books, but I always think how great it would be to be able to sit down and...

My desk, where I write, is in front of a window. Nearby, a new block of apartments has been built. For weeks I’d see the huge crane being us...

  I write fiction and non-fiction. Two of my fiction books are romance novels. One of my books is called Stand By Me and one reviewer on Ama...

  Photo by Kaitlyn Baker on Unsplash A few weeks ago I was reading an article about how it’s possible to write a million words a years, and ...

 It’s no secret that all writers look for ways to write more and earn more. And this time of year is when we’re all planning how much we can...

Whenever I'm talking (in person or on social media) to other writers, they often tell me that they think that writing a book is too hard...

Procrastination is a word that most writers know only too well because it's a thing we all suffer from time to time, or sadly, all the t...

When I first wanted to write for a living, one of the first things I did was take a creative writing course. Unfortunately, this was back in...

Sometimes I don’t feel inspired to write, even though it’s the way I earn my living. I sit down and start writing but I still don’t feel in ...

 Have you ever heard of writing from theme? Theme is the part of your story (or novel) that has an overall message.  Some people get confuse...

When you look at children’s picture books, they don’t look difficult to write. But they can be. But there is a ‘secret’ to creating popul...

We’ve all done it. Read a book and thought, “That was brilliant.” And do you know what it usually is that makes a book great? It’s a gr...

Writing fiction is fun. But sometimes it can be hard to know what to write about and where to find ideas. So what you need is to have ...