As the year draws to a close, I suppose it’s time to look back and consider how it was. For me, 2017 was a year of mixed blessings and a badly needed kickstart. I’d fallen into something of a rut, so being challenged and thrown out of my comfort zone, as I have been thisContinue reading “The Old Year Ends…”
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Apricots, Reblogs and Eurovision
So I woke up today thinking that I should probably write another blog post. I’ve been down the editing wormhole these past few days, as the final MS of Hills And Valleys has come back to me, so my posts and comments have been a bit all over the place. Then I saw that theContinue reading “Apricots, Reblogs and Eurovision”
Stuck Writing Your Author Bio? Try The (Totally Not Serious) Author Bio Generator
So I’ve been noticing a trend recently of, shall we say, somewhat overwrought author bios, in which every detail is teased into something magnificent, a picture of a life fabulously lived. I realise that there are, in fact, authors who do live wonderfully exciting lives but I also seem to remember a time when itContinue reading “Stuck Writing Your Author Bio? Try The (Totally Not Serious) Author Bio Generator”
The Joy of Synopses
Well, I’m being a little sarcastic, in case you hadn’t guessed. It’s no secret how much I love to write, but there are some things I enjoy writing far less than others. One of those things is the dreaded author bio – it’s such a fine line between sounding interesting and sounding like a tosserContinue reading “The Joy of Synopses”
Helen Glynn Jones 