fiction writing

I was interviewed by Atmosphere Press ahead of my book’s release. They asked me questions about my writing process for The Potion Experiment.

A book synopsis is a condensed version of your novel that showcases the most important elements of your story – your characters, conflict, and resolution. It’s a tool that helps …

The story pacing is really important if you want to keep a reader engaged. Especially if it’s a long story because that means you have to keep them engaged for …

As the heading says, I’ve booked a book editor! I’ve wanted to do this for a while, but never felt that my work was ready. Now, I think I do. …

Do you write for yourself, or do you write for the reader? Everyone has a different opinion on this, but I think the question of who you’re writing for really …

How well do you need to know your protagonist before you start writing about them? If you believe the lists of character questions found online, you need to know your …

If your first line isn’t a winner it can be a deal-breaker. So, in other words, either really good or really bad. I tend to write my blog posts off …

I’m a writer. I write to organise my thoughts, or process them, and because I enjoy it. Life gets busy though, and my writing routine tends to fall off the …

There are plenty of writers’ quotes out there taken from their books, but what about writers’ quotes about writing? Is that a confusing sentence? It is, isn’t it? Don’t worry …

It’s the last day of November in The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year… and I have not won NaNoWriMo. This month I’ve written 25k instead of 50k. However, …