Earlier this year, as part of a flurry of competition entries, I entered A Thousand Rooms, my standalone women’s fiction novel, in the 25th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards. It was a long shot. I knew that. One of the most respected independent book competitions around, the contest attracts thousands of entries from aroundContinue reading “A Matter Of Punctuation”
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#BlogBattle – Silver And Black
One of the things I enjoy about blogging is the number of challenges offered by bloggers throughout the community. For writers there’s everything from sixty second flash fiction to short story competitions, and photographers could post something every day of the week and never run out of different blogspirations. One writing challenge I’ve noticed isContinue reading “#BlogBattle – Silver And Black”
Finding the Angle
When you write freelance, you’re often required to write about subjects that may not hold much interest for you. For me, the key to keeping it interesting is finding the angle, that point of interest where you and the subject matter meet. Once you find that common point the work becomes much easier, keeping theContinue reading “Finding the Angle”