writing

  • Guilt-free procrastination

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Now, we all know how much fun I have finding things I can use as aids to procrastination. I have been known to count the grains of salt on my chips rather than apply my bottom to the chair and get on with writing so when I heard of Pinterest, I wanted…

  • Review of Write A Great Synopsis

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] “A maths teacher with OCD fantasises about one of his students while dealing with a series of prophecies and trying to take more control of his life.” This is the twenty-five word synopsis of my WIP, The Maths Man Prophecies. Well, it’s actually twenty-seven words, but trust me, if I hadn’t read…

  • Warning: Grumpy Alert

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I detest this time of year. Not in a “bah humbug” kind of way, but this administrative reboot of the calendar makes me reflect on the past twelve months and forces me to take stock of where I am and what I’ve achieved. And 2011 has sucked like a toothless granny eating…

  • Writing Roolz

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Are you a pantser or a planner? When it comes to writing – actually, I’m the same with most things, truth be told – I do love to plan. There is nothing like a route map showing me “You Are Here” and detailing the route I should take to get to “The…

  • The Rules of Writing

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I was talking with some writer friends recently and after the usual topics of cake, booze and sex (hey, we ARE writers after all…) we started on the old chestnut, what are the rules of writing. More importantly, do we need to follow them? Do I need to use third person for…

  • I’m Here, But I’m Also There.

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I was invited by the lovely Anora at Books By Women to write a blog post and the results are here now. By the way, please ignore the picture. I sent the one I was using to learn about airbrushing in Photoshop instead of my usual avatar. It’s silly. But when you…

  • [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’ve been home from Italy for almost a week now and apart from spewing the few Italian words I know on twitter – bellissimo, pizza, due Peroni per favore – and shoving some pictures on flickr, I’ve been fairly quiet about my holiday. This is not due to some selfless desire not…

  • Copyright

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I am a writer and lucky enough to have been published in a variety of magazines. I have shared some of my fiction on this blog, blithely ignorant of any resulting copyright issues. Today this will stop and I will no longer crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. How will…

  • What now?

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I think I’m getting old. Apart from the usual indicators (grey hair, wrinkles, don’t start me on the menopause) I have noticed one other Big Difference in me recently. I no longer find murder and gore palatable. The past few books I have read in my usual genre of choice have left…