Subscribing to this blog…

Got some very polite feedback that it was a little unclear how to subscribe, so I’ve added a special plugin.

I always take note of sensible and helpful feedback. 🙂

Destructive and carping moaning – no.

Writing buddies a.k.a. critique partners

With my writing buddy Denise at the RNA Conference

I enjoyed a ‘writerly’ evening with another novel writer, Denise Barnes who is also preparing her first fiction work. She’s already published a non-fiction book which can be seen at her site.

We swap hints and tips, recommend and exchange books, encourage each other […]

The importance of feedback

In January, I was accepted on the New Writers’ Scheme of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. I feel honoured to be in the company of proper published authors whose members have sold aeons of books. I’ve found it a friendly, inclusive group whose members do not differentiate between published and newbies. On the contrary, they are […]