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‘On my shortlist of indispensable writing books’ Lisa Cron, author of Wired For Story, UCLA writing coach & literary agent

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Nail Your Novel: Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence

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Nail Your Novel: Draft, Fix & Finish With Confidence – A Companion Workbook

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Writing Characters Who’ll Keep Readers Captivated: Nail Your Novel
(previously titled Nail Your Novel: Bring Characters to Life)

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Writing Plots With Drama, Depth & Heart: Nail Your Novel

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I wander; I write. A writer’s diary in action

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Not Quite Lost: Travels Without A Sense of Direction

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  1. #1 by Jeff Steele on January 2, 2018 - 9:24 pm

    Having only recently the good fortune of discovering the works of Roz Morris, I instantly became a fan. Rox sincerely captures the writer’s spirit as she shares and guides her readers through writing tasks. She teaches her magick without all the fluff and brings the focus on the topics straight to the point. Roz is an A+ in my book.

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  1. Alliance of Independent Authors Member News. Bulletin #19 | Successful Self-Publishing. The Alliance of Independent Authors's Blog.
  2. Roz Morris – author, editor (and secret ghostwriter) | Roz Morris, author
  3. How do I develop something special in my writing? | Nail Your Novel
  4. 2013…(The Merman Turns Again): My Undercover Soundtrack
  5. Why your editor admires you (and why you might not realise this) | Nail Your Novel
  6. In your character’s shoes: give your everyman character a strong presence | Nail Your Novel
  7. 3 tips for writing watertight fantasy, science fiction and time travel stories | Nail Your Novel
  8. Finished my novel… where do I find the next idea? | Nail Your Novel
  9. A conversation about story structure – and writing rules | Nail Your Novel
  10. How to fix a plot hole | Nail Your Novel
  11. Something wicked this way comes: plot book ready soon | Nail Your Novel
  12. What keeps you resilient as a writer? | Nail Your Novel
  13. Self-editing masterclass snapshots: key character disappears, how should I handle it? | Nail Your Novel
  14. The Finest Way of all to Reignite Your Love of Writing | Inspire Portal
  15. The gallop draft: 5 smart tips for writing a useful draft at speed | Nail Your Novel
  16. Print options and free books: two of my own rules I’m breaking this year… | Nail Your Novel
  17. Three paradoxes of writing life | Nail Your Novel
  18. Editing seminar snapshots: How much should you budget for editing your book? And how should you choose an editor? | Nail Your Novel
  19. The first book on writing I ever read – what was yours? | Nail Your Novel
  20. 2 tips for balancing writing and marketing time – Q&A from New Generation Publishing Summit | Nail Your Novel
  21. Author Interview: Roz Morris | Literative
  22. What to do with damaged books | Self-Publishing Advice Center
  23. #BookReview of #RozMorris ’ #NewBook ~ a Wonderful ! #Travel #Memoir | Notes from An Alien
  24. Author Interview: Roz Morris
  25. Building readership: a quiet rebellion against three pieces of conventional marketing wisdom | Nail Your Novel
  26. Because I started a blog – 10 years as an accidental citizen of cyberspace | Nail Your Novel
  27. The ‘under-arrest’ test – how to see the holes in your story’s ending | Nail Your Novel
  28. “Power Stations of the Mind” by Roz Morris – The Liminal Residency
  29. Stuck at home? Completely FREE course to help you write your book – Ep 1 Starting writing | Nail Your Novel
  30. How, exactly, do you learn to write professionally? So You Want To Be A Writer – Ep 2 FREE podcast | Nail Your Novel
  31. How do you get your book out into the world? Q&A on getting published: Ep 3 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  32. Introduction to self-publishing – Ep 4 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  33. How to plan a novel – Ep 6 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  34. How to plan a non-fiction book – Ep 5 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  35. Devising characters for your novel – Ep 7 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  36. Tools for writers, Word, Scrivener, good old-fashioned paper – Ep 8 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  37. Masterclass in titles, book covers and spines – Ep 10 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  38. All about character arcs – Ep 11 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  39. All about reading groups and writing groups – Ep12 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  40. Masterclass in writing style and voice – Ep13 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  41. Writing resolutions – making them and keeping them – Ep 14 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  42. Criticism for your writing – how to seek it, how to take it: Ep 16 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  43. Using pictures and music to inspire your writing – Ep 15 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  44. What’s it like to be an independent bookseller? Ep 17 FREE podcast for writers and booklovers | Nail Your Novel
  45. How to write sparkling, meaningful dialogue – Ep18 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  46. All about blogging and social media for authors – Ep19 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  47. 20-ish FAQs about being a writer – Ep20 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  48. How to read like a writer – Ep21 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  49. All about ghostwriting and its fringes, including book packagers – Ep 23 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  50. Make a writing career out of your hobby or day job – Ep 22 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  51. Slipped resolutions! Get your writing back on track – Ep 24 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  52. How to write your book – a writing and publishing course in 9 songs. Ep 26 FREE podcast | Nail Your Novel
  53. Hello Earth – questions from a writing and publishing conference – Ep25 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  54. Ready for the red pen – how to prepare for comments on your book manuscript | Nail Your Novel
  55. From fragments we build a book – Ep 27 FREE podcast course for writers | Nail Your Novel
  56. How to run – or join – an authors’ collective. Ep 28 FREE podcast for writers feat @triskelebooks | Nail Your Novel
  57. Does a story’s protagonist have to be likable? We discuss! Ep 29 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  58. Live critique – Peter writes a story. Ep 30 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  59. The book or the film? How storytelling differs in prose and live action. Ep 32 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  60. What is a holiday read? A bookseller and an author-publisher discuss. Ep 33 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  61. What is writing talent? A bookseller and author-publisher discuss. Ep 34 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  62. After the red pen – a pain-free way to tackle beta reader comments | Nail Your Novel
  63. How to get followers for your blog – Ep35 FREE podcast | Nail Your Novel
  64. How to write in the holidays and at other disrupted times – Ep 36 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  65. Where should your novel begin? Ep 37 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  66. Can you hear me calling? Social media sites for authors – Ep 38 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  67. How to write your memoir – Ep39 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  68. How to write a sequel – and when not to. Ep 40 FREE podcast for authors | Nail Your Novel
  69. What’s on an author’s bookshelf? Ep 41 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  70. How to write books for children and young adults – Ep42 FREE podcast for authors | Nail Your Novel
  71. Your first pages – 5 more novel openings critiqued by a literary agent (and me!) at @Litopia | Nail Your Novel
  72. Should you let anyone read your book before you’ve finished? Ep43 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  73. I’ve written a book – what now? Ep44 FREE podcast for authors | Nail Your Novel
  74. How to – and how not to – run an online writing community. And publishing post Covid. Interview with literary agent Peter Cox of @Litopia @agentPete | Nail Your Novel
  75. If you write what you know, where do you get ideas? | Nail Your Novel
  76. How to write the difficult second novel. And why it’s difficult. Ep 45 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  77. What to call your characters and places – Ep 46 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  78. Nanowrimo prep – plan your characters, improvise your plot | Nail Your Novel
  79. The panic document – when you fear your book has a major flaw, how to diagnose what’s really wrong | Nail Your Novel
  80. How we learn to be original – a story about creative writing | Nail Your Novel
  81. What movies get wrong – and right – about authors. And Elizabeth Taylor: Ep47 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  82. From literary journal to 10 books a year – interview with Jessica Bell @msbessiebell of Vine Leaves Press @VineLeavesPress | Nail Your Novel
  83. Your first pages – 5 more book openings critiqued by a literary agent (and me!) at @Litopia | Nail Your Novel
  84. From bust to trust (the tale of a little horse) – guest post at Martha Engber @marthaengber | Nail Your Novel
  85. Stuck at the beginning of your novel? How to get going | Nail Your Novel
  86. How I built my career – writer, typesetter and editor Amie McCracken @amiemccracken | Nail Your Novel
  87. Should your book be first person, third person (or even second)? Ep48 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  88. How to write a memoir about difficult times | Nail Your Novel
  89. How to write captivating characters – interview at @Sacha_Black Rebel Author podcast | Nail Your Novel
  90. Getting to the truth about strong women and troubled teenhood – novelist, playwright, essayist, writing coach Martha Engber @MarthaEngber | Nail Your Novel
  91. How to write a logline for your novel | Nail Your Novel
  92. Your first pages – 5 more book openings critiqued by a literary agent, YA author @AJ_Dickenson (and me!) at @Litopia | Nail Your Novel
  93. ‘I have a flash fiction mind’ – interview with Jayne Martin @jayne_martin | Nail Your Novel
  94. Shades of the truth – talking memoir and fiction-writing with Scott Gould @Scott_Gould | Nail Your Novel
  95. How to organise events for selling your books – Ep49 FREE podcast for writers | Nail Your Novel
  96. How I made my writing career – writing coach, novelist and memoirist Gina Troisi @Troisi_Gina | Nail Your Novel
  97. A world in a word – 3 ways your vocabulary can increase reader belief | Nail Your Novel
  98. Ghostwriting, writer’s block, researching a novel … and training a horse. Interview at @officialSNWfest | Nail Your Novel
  99. Writers, can’t kill your darlings? Read this | Nail Your Novel
  100. Reading as a duty and reading for pleasure… plus the oldest book on my shelf. At @jaffareadstoo | Nail Your Novel
  101. Your first pages – 5 more book openings critiqued by a literary agent, author/Bookstagrammer @KateESalisbury (and me!) at @Litopia | Nail Your Novel
  102. Comments from experts… how to use factual feedback wisely in your story (and not go mad when your plot falls apart) | Nail Your Novel
  103. On nailing your novel, finding your blind spots and writing with artistic integrity. And a few horses. Interview with @CarlyKadeAuthor | Nail Your Novel
  104. How do you like to talk about books? Themes, juxtapositions and the complication of being human – an interview at Late Last Night Books @L8NiteBooks | Nail Your Novel
  105. Win a signed print edition of #EverRest | Nail Your Novel
  106. How I made my writing career – novelist, playwright, photographer, actor Steve Zettler @szettlerauthor | Nail Your Novel
  107. How to become an author (and how to stay one) – interview at Write-Hearted with @MisterWakefield | Nail Your Novel
  108. The books that are our teachers – and 5 of my favourite reads (at @muddysurrey ) | Nail Your Novel
  109. How I made my writing career – poet, publisher and creative writing tutor David Starkey @WhatHaiku | Nail Your Novel
  110. How much does it cost to self-publish? That depends | Nail Your Novel
  111. Do I want to make a career writing fiction? A conversation | Nail Your Novel

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