Tag: Writing
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Mark Stay’s Creative Differences: G B Ralph on Deadlines and Pre-Orders
A small thing that’s made a big difference to my creative process? Deadlines! Mark Stay has prepared a snippet from our live Creative Differences podcast recording earlier in the week. Watch the snippet on Mark’s website Watch the snippet on YouTube Watch the full podcast recording If you’d like to see what else we covered,…
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Writing my next book on the train to Wellington
There’s nothing quite like writing (or reading!) a book while the world passes by. Earlier this week I spent the day in the capital and thought I’d share a bit of what I got up to, including some thoughts on my next book, Fright on Stage Right. The short video is the same across TikTok,…
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The Bookshop Detectives come to town: vlog recap
Gareth and Louise Ward, Wardini Books booksellers and authors of The Bookshop Detectives, chat about a range of things in their second vlog, which you can watch on their Facebook page. They discuss their latest book club book, spilling industry secrets, blue ducks (which feature in Poison at Penshaw Hall!), the mum network, the “seething…
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How long is a chapter?
Who knows? I don’t! But carving up my latest book into chapters got me thinking about it… While drafting and editing, I tend to work in scenes as opposed to chapters. My thinking is that scenes are segments of the story that’s being told, whereas chapters are breaks designed for the readers. Sometimes they line…
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