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The Challenges Of Writing Dialogue

21st April

Let’s be honest: writing dialogue sounds like it should be easy. After all, most of us talk all the time. The challenge, however, lies in making it feel natural on the page. That’s a different beast entirely. Good dialogue is ...

Why Writing Fiction For Children Isn't 'Easy'

14th April

Let’s start with the myth: writing fiction for children is easy. Because kids aren’t fussy, right? They’ll read any old tosh so long as there’s a fart joke and a talking dog. Except they are. And they won’t. Writing fiction ...

The Power Of White Space In Story Telling

7th April

White space is one of the most underrated tools in a writer’s kit.In a world where every inch of a page or screen can be filled with words, graphics, or colour, choosing to not fill space becomes a deliberate and powerful decisi ...

Your Book-Who Gets Paid & What Do They Do?

31st March

Bringing a book to life is an intricate journey involving numerous professionals, each of whom play a vital role in transforming your initial idea into the finished product, one that proudly stands on bookshelves and in online s ...

Book Formats-What Works Best For You?

24th March

Self-publishing offers incredible flexibility, but with that freedom comes the challenge of choosing the right book format and size. Your decision can impact everything from production costs to reader experience and even sales p ...

Stop Shouting. The Dreaded Exclamation Mark.

17th March

Stop shouting. That is, after all, what you are doing whenever you use the exclamation mark when you are writing. So, before you next liberally scatter them about your latest piece of narrative, whatever it is (and I have seen ...

The Apostrophe-The Tiny Mark With A Big Job

10th March

Ah, the apostrophe. A swift tap on the keyboard, yet an act of creative dexterity that is capable of causing nationwide confusion, furrowed grammatical brows, and, let’s be honest, minor outrage among pedants. An unassuming p ...

Silencing Books=Amplifying Truths?

3rd March

The urge to ban books is nothing new. Throughout history, those in power have sought to control knowledge, censor ideas, and silence voices they deemed dangerous, inappropriate, or simply inconvenient. But while past attempts o ...

The London Book Fair-Is It For You?

24th February

It’s that time of year again—the season of relentless déjà vu. Like clockwork, the same question lands in my Inbox, slides into my conversations, and ambushes me in the most unexpected places. I could probably answer it in m ...

Why Publishing Your Book Is Just The Beginning

17th February

The journey of writing a book is often romanticised; long nights at the keyboard, deep thought processes, the emotional highs and lows of bringing a story or concept to life-and lots of cups of coffee…. But for many authors, th ...