On editing, wet shoes and the Spanish Inquisition…
Warning: this post is very, very long. Which is slightly ironic, given that its main focus is on getting your word count down. To quote Ser Davos Seaworth from ...
Category: Writing
On shrubberies, Ugg boots and editing
A couple of days ago I went up to London to meet my editor, Bella Pagan at Tor. Editing is about to commence. Following on from my post about the similarities b...
Everything I know about plotting I learned from Ikea flatpack furniture…
So far, my maternity leave has involved more furniture assembly than I anticipated. Somehow it always seems like a good idea right up to that moment when you re...
Follow the yellow-brick road
I always wanted to be a writer. At school I spent many a happy hour writing angsty teenage poetry. I even made a couple of abortive attempts at a novel. I occas...