4 Tips for Writing Sequels

When I first started writing Reckless Rebellion, I didn’t think it would be any different to writing the first book, Reckless Rescue. I mean, it’s just a book, right? And I already had half of it written. All I had to do was finish up the book, edit it,...

Reflections on the A to Z Blogging Challenge

This was my first year participating in the A to Z blogging challenge, and I only heard about it in March. I wasn’t too sure about signing up, because I’d already committed to Camp NaNoWriMo, and I suspected two challenges in the one month was a good idea!...

Y is for Young

I wrote recently about discovering that my novel could easily fit into the New Adult category, and since then I’ve realised that I write about younger characters quite a bit. Aside from Reckless Rescue, I have another novel with a nineteen year old protagonist...

X is for Ten

In Roman numerals that is! I had to think long and hard for a topic beginning with X. These letters towards the end of the alphabet are a challenge. Then I finally remembered that ten in Roman numerals is represented by the letter X. But what could I write about ten?...

W is for Webpage

And coincidentally, mine runs on WordPress, another W word. Webpages are one of the must haves for authors. Everyone debates the merits of Facebook, Twitter or a blog, but I don’t think anyone disagrees that an author should have at least a basic webpage. So...

V is for Video

Video might not be what you’re expecting a post on on a writing blog. You might be asking, “What does video have to do with novels?” Well, there’s a trend recently of authors making trailers for their novel release. I’m not too sure what...