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Yesterday I had a strange email arrive which I couldn’t quite believe. I thought it was a mistake, I dreaded the message behind the Subject line, and reluctantly clicked on it. Before I tell you what was in that email, let me step back and tell you why this email was important. As you know I’ve been writing for a …
I’m at the editing stage and almost ready to release the new book: Pool Staker.
I have heard in writing circles that writers who use the semi-colon are just demonstrating that they’ve been to college/Uni. And that writers should either pause (comma), not pause (no comma), or stop completely (full stop). This is not true at all. A semi-colon is an important element of punctuation to have and you’ll be a better writer for learning …
I have known about GoOnWrite book covers for a long time, but couldn’t recollect the name until I searched (hard) for it this morning. These covers are sooo good! I want them. In fact I love them so much, I don’t want to tell anyone about the site! I want it to be my secret. I know that’s really bad …
I’m grafting away. Actually, I shouldn’t be writing this, but hey. Distractions! I’m not put off by my 3k a chapter targets, because this is just draft 1. I’ll be whizzing through it again as soon as I’ve finished and sprinkling description, better dialogue, and all manner of authorial talents which I’ll probably regret later. I really feel like I’m …
Tim Grahl is being mentored to write his novel with expert editor Shawn Coyne – and it makes for painful listening. Regular listeners of the show have been following Tim writing his novel, submitting it to Shawn, getting feedback, and going back to the drawing board. This has been going on for years. Episode 1 aired in 2015 and has …
CredibleInk is on instagram! Yes. Blatant, unashamed, self promotion alert. Go here: instagram.com/credibleinkmark and follow me! Why should you follow? Because you’ll get to find out more about me, my writing woes, and you’ll see how to do Instagram for writers! Here’s my top tips for Writers using Instagram (scroll down if you want to see my strategy!): Tip 1: Find …
Writing a novel is hard. Tapping keys is the easy part, the struggle comes from all the battles with fear, uncertainty, and doubt, over a number of aspects of story telling. I’ve pulled together a list issues I (and other writers) constantly run into. I would argue if you haven’t written a fiction story before and want to, you’ll need …
The point I want to make is usually at the end of the sentence because I’m thinking things up as I go. This means a lot of rewriting because the sentence is clunky. I know I shouldn’t leave it like that but I often do. Echoing headwords. Too many sentences start with character names: Ethan…, El Gato…, Dixel… etc. I …
Not sure if anyone has done this before, but I’ve discovered the Scrivener name generator is brilliant for coming up with Author pen names. Select either gender, Forename initials only, and choose 2 initials from the dropdown. Punch the Generate Names button and skim through the results. Perfect! Mark