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‘Writers are introverts who want to tell you a story but not make eye contact’: discuss. Interview at Jane Davis

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The above statement is from John Green, author of The Fault In Our Stars. It’s an interesting jump-off point to discuss some of the paradoxes of the writing temperament – quiet people who are expressive; private people who want to draw you into a deep experience. Today I’m at Jane Davis’s Virtual Book Club blog,… Continue reading ‘Writers are introverts who want to tell you a story but not make eye contact’: discuss. Interview at Jane Davis

How to write a book · Interviews

Self-publishing and staying true to yourself – interview at Jane Davis’s blog

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At school, I wrote science fiction stories because it made my teachers supremely annoyed. That probably set me up well for my attempts to get an agent or a publisher, when I annoyed with stories that bent and mixed genres. And why not, when it was good enough for Atwood, Banks and Ballard? And the… Continue reading Self-publishing and staying true to yourself – interview at Jane Davis’s blog

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‘Each morning, there was a chapter to listen to’ – guest post at Jane Davis’s blog on making audiobooks with ACX

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Today I’m at Jane Davis’s blog, reflecting on the experience of making Lifeform Three and My Memories of a Future Life into Audible books. If you’ve been following my audiobook journey for a while you may find the ‘how-to’ section is familiar material, but there are plenty of more reflective moments – so I hope… Continue reading ‘Each morning, there was a chapter to listen to’ – guest post at Jane Davis’s blog on making audiobooks with ACX

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Thinking on your feet: writing and my love-hate relationship with exercise

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At school I loathed exercise. I had all the left feet possible. I couldn’t catch a ball and I couldn’t see balls anyway without specs. All creatures know when they are disliked, and I sensed how the games teachers loathed me. By the same token, they surely knew I did not hold their subject in… Continue reading Thinking on your feet: writing and my love-hate relationship with exercise

How to write a book

Handling real-life disasters sensitively in fiction – an interview

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Novelists are sculptors of real-life, but some have to be particularly sensitive to their raw materials. Especially when that material is events that have made headlines in the news – natural disasters, wars, or terrorist incidents. That’s what I want to explore today. You might recognise my interviewee – Jane Davis, who has hosted me… Continue reading Handling real-life disasters sensitively in fiction – an interview

Interviews

Bereavement, a bid to exist, a way to control an antisocial persona: why we write

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Fear not, I won’t inflict every post on you that we release for the Women Writing Women campaign, but this is one that celebrates and explores creativity. Pauline Baird Jones invited us to answer the question: why do we write? Inevitably, this led us all to search for where we started. And here you see something… Continue reading Bereavement, a bid to exist, a way to control an antisocial persona: why we write

How to write a book · self-publishing

Seven genre-busting novels – introducing Women Writing Women

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You remember I posted recently about authors collaborating? Well, I wouldn’t advise you to do anything I wouldn’t try myself. If you know me – and some of my friends – on Facebook, you might have seen some coy posts about how we’ll be revealing a big secret project. Well here it is. Seven writers… Continue reading Seven genre-busting novels – introducing Women Writing Women

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How much time should writers spend blogging and building websites?

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I’ve had a question from Tina L McWilliams: Besides Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook etc, a website is obviously essential. But what type? Some writers have simple ones, with their books, an author biography and so forth. Others – you and Joanna Penn included – have ‘education’ sites. Which I love, and return to regularly. (Thanks! Ed)… Continue reading How much time should writers spend blogging and building websites?

Book marketing · How to write a book · self-publishing · The writing business

When book sales are slow… how to keep motivated

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This morning I was scratching my head for a post to write, so I asked on Facebook for ideas. Immediately, Vivienne Tuffnell volunteered this great question: ‘How do you keep motivated when your books aren’t flying off the shelves?’ Before I could even type a reply, Zelah Meyer had countered with: ‘delusional optimism and a… Continue reading When book sales are slow… how to keep motivated