It’s that time of the year. NaNoWriMo is approaching

It’s only a short time (45 days from today) until this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge starts and I’m already trying to decide which project I’m going to work on this year. This will be my eighth year of attempting to write … Continued

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Vanquishing the indestructible typo.

It’s been said that a cockroach is one of the only things that could survive a nuclear war, along with scorpions and other simple invertebrates. I think you could probably add the typo in any published book to the list. … Continued

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Housekeeping. The art of keeping everything neat and tidy.

I’ve slowed down in my writing operations for a moment, as there’s some housekeeping to do to my publishing empire. It’s one of the things that sort of creeps up on you, the jobs you didn’t realise you’d have to … Continued

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If only it were that simple

I wish that I could stick to writing one story at a time. I’m sure that most authors work on one project till it’s finished, then start on another. Not me, that would be far too simple. I blame the … Continued

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Finding your way around

The movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still, the 1951 black and white version, has a lot to answer for. I first saw it when I was a teenager and it blew my mind. This is my favourite line, apart … Continued

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Andorra Pett returns, in a new adventure…, soon.

The series so far I have to be honest, Andorra Pett is my favourite character. She has been ever since I first met her. Back then, she was overdressed and striding down an alleyway on a space station orbiting Saturn. … Continued

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The Character with no words.

I recently said that I might do a whole post about this subject, here it is. There’s one character that appears in every book, but never has a line to speak. And yet, I think it’s probably the most influential … Continued

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Kalyn Deere is a bounty hunter. Her story begins here.

I’ve been struggling for inspiration. Finally, it’s arrived. The last month or so has been a writing wilderness for me. With so many half-finished stories, I’ve always been able to find at least one of them to work on. Being … Continued

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