Character building and 3 Body Problem. (BTS March 2024)
March came and went, and as usual my writing plan didn't quite work out. But I remembered and learned some very important character development lessons. All in all, not a failure of a month! March writing recap My plan for March was: Fix up the outline for the last...
Why I outlined my book. Again. (BTS February 2024)
Hi again! My February plan to get unstuck from the muddy middle... Well, I didn't get unstuck. But it wasn't a complete failure either. February writing recap My plan for February was essentially: Outline my book again Write every day No more editing-as-you-go Here's...
The muddy middle. (BTS January 2024)
Something isn't quite working out in my life as far as writing goes. So it's time to do something about that. Let's start... An accountability blog series! 😅 ...at a minimum, monthly updates on where I'm at in my writer's journey, progress, trials and tribulations,...
Project: Dreamcatcher
About This is the first novel I ever started. I'm about 22,000 of 60,000 words on the way. Being the first book in a series, there's a lot of world building happening in my head, so the writing is taking a while and it's going to be a while still before it's finished....
7 writing tools to write good and do other stuff good as well
As a writer, your job is to produce lots of useful, accessible, easy to read content. Here are seven online writing tools I recommend for putting lots of words on the page quickly, save time and improve my writing style. Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) The big kahuna...
How I got started on Fiverr doing ‘everything wrong’
Since 2021 I've written thousands of words and actually ended up making a bit of money off my writing, other than what The Man is paying me. As far as my goal of pumping out novels goes, it's been the wrong kind of writing. But I'm not complaining. Not much anyway! 😊...
Writing update #1: STUCK! 😱
During these past few months, I’ve written and rewritten page after page in what’s supposed to be my first novel. Only, the word count is staying almost exactly the same. I’m stuck! At the start of winter — that’s southern-hemisphere winter, in case you were wondering...
Writers that have inspired me
Over the past couple of years I've spent far too much time (in a good way) reading about, listening to and picking up tips and tricks from these awesome authors. They may not all be insanely famous, but they are all trailblazers one way or another when it comes to...