Firstly, Happy New Year!

Since I am writing a new book very shortly, I thought that I would blog a little about my process, and how I work. Each writer's process is completely different, and it's up to the individuals to create their own process.

1. Dream up a situation:
   

   - An example of this is of when I happen to be in Australia at the time,…

For many years I have collected and saved things that I find inspirational in my life. In fact, I think I might be an ‘inspiration’ hoarder. There are things like this all over my house that I just need to look at and find something that makes me happy within them. These are things like photographs of my grandmother who was an incredibly talented violinist, my grandfather’s war medals that I have the miniatures of, candles that I light when I am writing, artwork, and of course there are…

A lot of writers suffer from something commonly known as ‘Writer’s Block’. I have in fact used the term myself. But that was back when I couldn’t identify why it was happening.

Then I discovered that it wasn’t writer’s block at all. I suffered from something a little different… something I like to call ‘Middle Book Blues’. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t coin that phrase… but that’s what it’s called to me.

Middle Book Blues is when I get to the middle stages of the book that I am…

Recently I have been reading KM Weiland’s book ‘Crafting Unforgettable Characters’. I have to say, I have really enjoyed it. Weiland puts quite a different spin on character development. This post also has a lot of my own advice in it as well, but seriously recommend that you read KM Weiland’s book. You can find her blog link on my blogroll to the right hand side of this page. This post is mainly a quick snapshot of parts of the book, and there are many details that I have left out – on…