The Scribbling Sea Serpent

I’ve been catching up on a bit of Children’s and Young Adult reading recently. It’s a good idea to keep up with the genre in which you write...

It’s the weekend and it’s raining. “Today,” I think, “I’ll get some writing done.” I head downstairs. There’s a child attached to the comput...

As writers we strive to avoid predictability. There is nothing more satisfying for a reader than the unexpected turn of events – and yet, wh...

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. I use this law all the time when I write. It doesn’t apply to me of course – it applies to my poor...

Something else that we can see if we only take the time to look is the history that surrounds us. The past shapes the landscape, from the ro...

Do your characters have pets? One of the things we tried when I was doing the rewrite for WRRW was giving my MC a pet. I went for a dog. But...

Looks like my original post vanished - so here it is again: I've been helping out over at Litopia , reading submissions for the forthcom...