November is over, and for many writers, that means the end of National Novel Writing month. With so many of our community members coming...

I made this list as part of my revision process for my debut novel, Let it Reign. I hoped to write a book readers would struggle to put...

One of the hardest parts of being a writer is finding our voice. That unique quality to our writing that makes it distinctively ours....

NaNoWriMo (NaNo) is not just a writing challenge, it’s also a writing community that spans across oceans and time. It’s my favourite time...

While the world is busy wrapping up halloween costumes, eating up all that halloween candy and buying christmas decorations, all the...

“It was a bright spring day when Calla Emery kneed the man her mother sent to woo her, deep in the crotch.” With this first sentence,...

Would you believe me if I told you that not four years ago, I sat down to write a four-book fantasy series with nothing written down,...

Deep in the drafting trenches whilst trying to write my first book, I realised three things; I had no idea how to effectively structure a...

There are countless ways to go about writing a novel, as many ways as there are writers, and more. No two stories are brought into this...

Ah, how to start… You know that feeling? The churn in your stomach as you stare at the blank page – when the words are inconveniently not...

I write this article with one important caveat. You need to know the “rules” of writing first. If you’re a newbie writer, the best advice...

Tension is arguably the most essential aspect of any story worth writing and writing worth reading. Authentic tension connects us to the...

I completed the second draft of The Mover of Mountains whilst working two jobs. Weekdays, I’d work 9-to-5 as a numerical modeller;...