Boxing Day Dip. I'm the tall one, who is disappointingly out of shape. My mother-in-law knows the women in tutus but isn't herself wearing one. The Boxing Day Dip is…
Second draft is done and the story is in much better shape. A lot of the work was done on long haul flights to and from the UK. It was uncomfortable but…
Removing scenes from your novel is tough. I’m currently editing the second draft of my first novel Softening. I want to remove ten percent of the first draft to sharpen…
My father in Waterstones, Leeds. Probably not looking for romantic fiction. I’m coming to the end of a visit to the UK - I’ve been visiting family in Leeds and…
I’m currently doing a second draft edit for my first novel ‘Softening’. I’m finding the second draft harder work that the first. The process of my initial draft suited my…
Here is a logline and synopsis of my first novel ’Softening’ as it stands after the first draft. The template for them is taken from Saves a Cat: Writes a…
I’ve had a massive bust up with the neighbours. They really loathe me. Last month, when reversing my car out of a tight spot, I ran over the gardener’s hedge…
This is how I'm going to write my first novel. It’s all rather unproven, but this is what I’m intending to do. The structure of the drafting process is based…
The first draft is finished and I've become obsessed with it. It’s provisionally titled Softening and I’ve a better idea what it's about now. I'm taking a break from it…
There is a party at a large house and all the guests are in the brightly lit front room. Maybe it’s Christmas, and the room is tastefully decorated with red…