Write every day. Write when you can. Just write. Plan first. It’s so contradictory. Who should you listen … More
Author: leewelchwriter
Word-counts. Meh
I get that for some people, word-counts are a Jedi mind trick. They’re a way of disciplining yourself to write … More
Like an arrow: On maintaining writing momentum (Part Two)
Part One was all about prep. Here’s how I laugh in the face of procrastination when I’m doing … More
Like an arrow: On maintaining writing momentum (Part One)
A couple of people have asked me recently how I maintain momentum when writing a novel. How to keep going? … More
I signed a contract for my novel!
Regular readers will remember me trilling recently about the fact that MLR Press is going to publish a novella I’ve … More
On not waiting: or, a publisher wants my book!
Some of you may remember that three months ago I sent my historical, fantasy m/m romance off to a publisher … More
Slaughter the darlings with a blunt pen-knife
I’ve now heard three different people saying how silly it is to ‘kill your darlings’ when you’re writing. “Why would … More
How to slay self doubt and write that novel
Do you have a half-finished manuscript saved in the bowels of your computer? Do you dream of starting/finishing … More
Today I crave curried books
I used to read whatever took my fancy: a history of witchcraft, a novel about a Japanese student’s … More
Balancing hope
It’s done. Salt Magic, Skin Magic – my m/m fantasy romance set in Yorkshire in 1851 – is finished and … More
The Tudor Hogwarts
Before Hogwarts, before Ursula Le Guin’s school for wizards on Roke, did you know that a real academy that taught … More
Hot gin and sugar with Oliver Twist
Recently I read Christina E. Pilz’s historical m/m romance Fagin’s Boy in which a now grown-up Oliver Twist … More