Tag Archives: editing
Tripe, anyone?
The best books in the world are heavily edited because, let’s face it, we tend to regurgitate a lot of rubbish. We can’t all be R K Narayan and submit an almost immaculate work. Even garnished with a slice of lemon and … Continue reading
The Intuitive Ending
Burnt or burned? Dreamt or dreamed? Leant or leaned? Smelt or smelled? Leapt or leaped? Learnt or learned? I thought I knew, exactly when to use one form over the other and then I found myself questioning it as more … Continue reading
Book Trailers
Apparently they’re all the rage. Nowadays, people don’t just want a blurb, they want a mini-movie-trailer to show them what they ought to be imagining. I kid you not. All fiction books that are targeted for teens have to have a … Continue reading
Stitching and embroidering
When I get an idea in my head (for a novel) I sit at the dining table with my Stabilo 88, a pad of paper and a coffee and write frantically from start to finish. The only pauses are for … Continue reading
Do Spammers get Spammed?
How bizarre is it that people will actually spam to a blog? Do they actually believe I’ll suddenly see it and say ‘Hey, wow, just the thing! I could really do with a thingummybob and how convenient that these chaps sell them’. Seriously? … Continue reading
Victory dance (x 0.5)
Earlier in the week I managed to get hold of tickets to see the preview of Shrek 4 and took the kids (OK, the kids took me!). I managed to catch a cold off one of the other delightful cherubims in … Continue reading
Long Short Stories
My problem with writing is that I cannot keep it brief. My words overflow and tumble over each other as they escape the crowded mess in my brain, splattering like roadkill all over the page. I hate editing, hate reading it … Continue reading
Polished and ready to run
I’ve finished polishing it!!! My first book, Golden Obsession, is ready to run. Now, comes the laborious bit – finding an agent! Of course, the manuscript still needs an editor/critque to run their eye over it. I can’t wait to … Continue reading
Euphoria
When someone, who is a lover of the genre you’re writing in, tells you they loved your book, then it starts off the day in a blaze of glory. I feel about 10 feet tall (for a 5′ person that’s … Continue reading
Banished by Bea Turvey
Scribbled thoughts of a mad woman 