Where do ideas come from?
Thank you so much to all the new blog readers, especially the year seven students who have signed up – I really appreciate your support! My middle-grade verse novel Y is a crooked letter will be published next year and I’ll start working on the structural edit in a couple of months. I thought I…
Book research – street art
The teenage protagonist in my young adult verse novel is a street artist. For a few months, I’ve been researching street art from my laptop, unable to go out past my 5k zone into the city. And as much as Ms Google and Mr YouTube shared their vast stores of information with me, it wasn’t…
Late ideas
When I’m in the flow of my writing, I feel like a magnet drawn to exactly what I need – a dictionary word, a Netflix episode, a twitter post, a conversation with a friend, anything. Connected to anything that will serve my story. I’m not even consciously seeking ideas – they come to me. Does…
Equal parts creativity and logic
Dear blog readers, it’s been a little while. My family has faced a couple of obstacles in the last month which have taken up my time, attention and energy. And then there’s lockdown #6… However, I am pleased to report that I am almost ready to send off my second book to my agent for…