Introduction Over the years, I’ve gone through some incredible times with my book. I have cried over an unexpected compliment from the Harry Potter publisher, and been so excited about Golden Egg Academy workshops that I’ve almost forgotten how to breathe, but…. these moments are not for this entry. This purposely dusty entry is to […]
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A lot of inspiration for Will originated from the Potter books. There's no magic, but that was a conscious decision on my part, as I feel I couldn't have brought an original twist on magic, so there's inventions and gadgets instead. The villains are key. There's a lot of darkness, and I like to think the humour matches the sparring dialogue between Ron and Hermione!
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Introduction: There has been so much positive response to my Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow cover that I decided to write all about the origins for this next entry. Now, previously, I hadn’t taken any credit for anything. I had been saying it was my cover designer. It was all my cover designer, but […]
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Introduction:I had always written from a very early age. It was in my blood. It was what enchanted the little girl who used to sit and scribble for hours and hours, pouring ideas and thoughts into the pages I had before me….. At the time, I didn’t know what I was doing, but this essay […]
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Over the last two years, there came many times when I thought to myself….. ‘Am I actually going to finish the first book?’ Why? I was so intent on getting it right. There is so much competition in this industry that I knew that this really was the last ‘Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow’ […]
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I know. It’s such a stupid title, 🙁 yet, I am feeling a little emotional right now, and I need to do what I love the most in order to feel myself again. Also, please don’t judge my writing on this post. It’s taking me so much restraint not to edit as I go here, […]
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Introduction: Before I begin this blog post, I want to make something clear to everyone: I am not an expert when it comes to literary agents. I am new to this terrifying, exciting (and hopefully life-changing) world; a world that is fraught with overspilling questions, like ‘Who do I send my book to?’ ‘What’s the […]
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If something isn’t fitting, it’s not meant to be in the book, and trying for hours is not going to make it fit… There is always a reason that it doesn’t – and whether that’s character, plot, or narrative, it will make sense in due course. (E.g. If your characters aren’t acting like themselves temporarily, […]
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I’m on a magical ferris-wheel. I never want to get off. The views here are breath-taking, enchanting Imagination’s brush painting new landscapes over hills and seas, chapters flooded in darkness, sprinkles of tinkling laughter, and far-away places – not for you, or me The light bends, rainbow chinks A prism of my own making ————- […]
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I wasn’t always like this…… When I was younger, I would often leave my bedroom in a complete mess, and somehow just be able to live like that! I would – (and I remember this so vividly) step over the clothes or toys that lined the floor, they were fine there….. and then, one day, […]
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