Unlock your secret writing weapon: your memory

Writing a romance, thriller, historical, whodunit, sci-fi adventure? Whichever it is, it’s a depressing thought, but all the stories have been done before. There are only supposed to be seven plots:

man vs. nature man and woman/man man vs. society man vs. machines/technology man vs. the supernatural man vs. self man vs. God (‘man’ obviously […]

Off on the road to Rome...

When I recommended The History of Rome (THOR) podcast last December I had no idea that I would be joining the official THOR tour which starts in 10 days, on 24 February.

I was listening to the regular podcast, wishing I could be there, but the application date had passed and I hadn’t any pennies […]

What to do after your first draft is written

The next stage

Update on the last post: I have written the final sentence of the first draft of book3.

All the work starts now:

1. Transfer the file to Kindle as personal document/print it out to read it through;

2. Go back and do the research fine points (Do you know the […]