Editing, FTW. And Winning…FTW!

February 3, 2010 in Uncategorized

I’m in the process of editing my novel “Turning Left at Albuquerque” at the moment, which is a job I have long put off. I did some initial editing last [...]

More Query help from Querytracker

January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized

I’m a big fan of Querytracker.net. It makes the business of keeping track of the queries you send out actually manageable. There is also the querytracker.net blog which has a [...]

Why we write

December 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

Sometimes you need it spelled out…
I’ve been doing much soul-searching (some might call it navel-gazing) recently and trying to really get to grips with what being a writer means. Focus, [...]

Upgrading versus messing (delete means it’s gone)

October 27, 2009 in Uncategorized

So, last night I upgraded WordPress to the latest version. If you run WordPress you need to keep it updated because if you don’t you leave yourself open to security [...]

Query letters part 2 – who/what/why?

September 30, 2009 in Uncategorized

In Part 1 I looked at the query letter business. You probably feel it is the work of the devil while you’re writing it, worrying about it and working out what [...]

Exciting developments, blogging on PinkRaygun.com and more

August 30, 2009 in Uncategorized

Well, it’s been an exciting time!
“Query Letters Part 2: What Agents Say They Want” will be up in the next week or so but you’ll have to forgive the delay. [...]

Great review of “Turning Left at Albuquerque” (Back from Summer Break)

August 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

AlwaysGoRight.com reviews “Turning Left at Albuquerque”
Since first starting to podcast “Turning Left…” as an audiobook I’ve received some very encouraging emails and comments.  A few weeks ago* the audiobook podcast [...]

Query letters Part 1- the work of the devil?

June 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

Some might say it’s cruel and unusual and I’m not in the mood to disagree. I have been battling – and I mean battling -  with my query letter for [...]

Finding your writing road map

June 2, 2009 in Uncategorized

 
It seems easy at the start
One day you wake up and think “I’m going to write a book/poem/short story…” and off you toddle to your computer (I know some people [...]

Do you do Social Media?

May 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

 
First off – what is Social Media?
The quick definition is “Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings.” (from Wikipedia). So if you use [...]