It’s all about staying focused.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. How you keep focused during long writing sessions? I rarely seem to be in control of the amount of time I’ll spend writing. If I can see the … Continued

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Who’s in Charge Here?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Who’s the boss, you or the story? The story, every time. In fact, the whole of my writing career so far has been based on me writing down … Continued

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If only I’d learned one thing.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. What is one thing that you would like to learn? There is so much I wish I knew. Before I answer the prompt, here’s a bit of background. … Continued

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Becoming the Bad Guy

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. We usually interview our good guys and gals when we do character interviews. How about we do an interview with our favorite bad guy? I’d love to interview … Continued

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The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2017

Welcome to the third of my retrospective NaNoWriMo posts, we’re now up to 2017. Unlike 2016, this year there was no short story to base my attempt on. I was starting from scratch. As well as Andorra Pett and the … Continued

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Talking your way out of trouble

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do you embrace dialog or narrate your way around it? Why? I’m a big fan of dialogue, it can be used for so much more than conversation. A … Continued

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