Hello and Welcome back to my blog. Today I want to talk to you about how I set my goals while managing my chronic illness, children and household. I thought with Camp NaNoWriMo just around the corner, what better time to write this post. The last 3 years have been tough when it comes to … Continue reading Setting Achievable and Realistic Goals
Word Sprint Challenge 2021 Hello and Welcome. Today I wanted to talk to you about a challenge which I recently took part in, hosted by the lovely Sarra Cannon at Heartbreathings blog and YouTube. The Who and The What? If you haven't heard of Sarra then you are missing out. Sarra is an amazing author … Continue reading Heartbreathings Word Sprint Challenge February 2021
Networking For Writers by Lizzie Chantree (AD) I am going to start by saying that I did receive this book free of charge in exchange for a review as part of the Fiction Café review group, this does not bias my review in any way. So let's get stuck in. As a budding author trying … Continue reading Book Review: Networking For Writers by Lizzie Chantree
I am not sure about you but it is really easy as a writer to get bogged down in the more technical aspects of writing. Often we can spend hours upon hours writing up plots, scenes, outlines, character profiles and making sure we hit those key target percentages within our book, more often than not, … Continue reading My Plotting Process
Hello and Happy New Year! Not quite the start we wanted but not entirely unexpected. Here in the UK we have gone into #lockdown3. Like many I sat hopeful on the 1st January raring to rush into the year with gusto. When making my goals for the year I tried to make them Covid friendly … Continue reading Welcome to 2021
I don't often write poems, but the words decided to flow this morning. Hope you enjoy, Emma-Louise x
It's that time of year where many of us writer types are preparing for Camp NaNoWriMo. Camp What Now? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month which takes place in November. The goal during this month is to write 50,000 words. During the year they have smaller NaNoWriMo's referred to as Camp NaNo. During these … Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo: April 2020
Megg Geri – Lost of helpful blog posts and printable resources. Her book How To Write A Novel in 30 Days is fantastic. Eva Deverell – There are a million and one printable worksheets and bits of advice on Eva’s site. Natalia Leigh – Natalia has created a fantastic Preptober workbook which is available for a donation of … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Preptober Resources
Sometimes when I write I like to do it in complete silence, sometimes when I write I like background noise from the TV and then sometimes when I write I have a playlist of songs going through my head which sum up situations, scene, dialogue etc. Alaria conjures up a lot of songs for me, … Continue reading Alaria Playlist
The aim: To write a piece of Flash Fiction based on the prompt word no more than 750 words. Please note this piece is unedited. Miles giggled as he peaked through the gap in the wardrobe doors. He couldn’t hear Leila anywhere. He was sure it had been 10 minutes already but it felt like … Continue reading Prompt: Hidden
