What makes a good crime novel? The question might bring immediate answers to mind. You may already know what it is that draws you into a crime novel. It may be that one necessary ingredient; a tortured detective looking for their own salvation; a vivid backdrop; a ruthless killer. For others, it’s a multi-faceted journey through the […]
Living With Invisible Illness
I started this year with all the good intentions of posting regularly on the blog. Keeping to a schedule. We’re not even out of the first month and I failed. I thought I would tell you a little bit about the why. On my “About Me” page and my Twitter profile, I say I have […]
100,000 Words in 100 Days
Yes, you’ve guessed it. I’ve signed up yet again, to another writing challenge that started on 1st January this year. I know I failed miserably at NaNoWriMo, but bear with me while I explain. I do feel a little differently this time around and while I may not eek out a whole 100,000 words, I […]
Tips For Dealing With Rejection?
This post is part of Alex Cavanaughs monthly Insecure Writers Support Group blog hop. A great place where those of us working beaverishly (Is that a word?) away at our manuscripts, short stories or poems, or whatever else takes our fancy for writing, can chat, moan or enthuse about that very topic. If you haven’t […]
My Next Big Thing
I have been tagged to write a post about my next big thing by Denyse Kirkby. I am extremely late to this party as Denyse gave me a time restriction to do this by, but my blogging behaviour lately has been such that it has been impossible, but, Denyse still wanted me to share, so […]
Change Of Genre
I’m a crime fiction girl through and through. I read loads of crime fiction and I’ve written, well just finishing, my first crime fiction novel, which, I am hoping will be the first in a series. I even watch crime shows on the television. But there’s a story that has been going around and around […]