Every so often I get overwhelmed by the prospect of writing a book. I’m at one of those…

I won a local writing competition! Well, I won the ‘all ages’ category. There was also a ‘youth’ category, and…

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I get that for some people, word-counts are a Jedi mind trick. They’re a way of disciplining yourself to write…

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A couple of people have asked me recently how I maintain momentum when writing a novel. How to keep going?…

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