Did you know I also have a little weekly book review segment on Art District Radio?
Dark Mysteries features short book reviews of crime, mystery and thriller fiction. And I only talk about books I really like.
Check me out here.
Happy reading
Did you know I also have a little weekly book review segment on Art District Radio?
Dark Mysteries features short book reviews of crime, mystery and thriller fiction. And I only talk about books I really like.
Check me out here.
Happy reading
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
“One part writing boot camp, one part rollicking party”
“Every writer should experiment with their creative process.”
“A goal and a deadline is a creative midwife.”
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“Grimdark doesn’t work like that. If your leg gets cut off, you’re going to get gangrene.”
“I am one of the most undisciplined writers you’ll ever meet.”
“Just years and years of practice. I don’t think there are any shortcuts.”
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Hello, Write Through The Roof listeners.
The podcast is moving to a fortnightly release schedule with the next episode dropping on Sunday 30th September.
That’s all folks.
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“Don’t discount the elderly.”
“Set the bar low.”
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Episode 44 with Charles Christian – award-winning journalist, podcaster & author
“People get carried with their gadgets… and forget about the human element.”
“Get on with it and be business-like about it.”
“If I can’t be bothered reading it, I can’t expect the reader to.”
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Episode 43 with Trevor Young – PR and marketing specialist
“If you’ve got a blog you’ve got a digital heartbeat. You’re not on rented land.”
“Getting more done by doing a little bit every day.”
“Edit your way to greatness.”
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“The spirit of the book comes alive when you’re cooking from it.”
“I want to show other people what’s inside my head.”
“Those years I spent getting yelled at by old newspaper guys were priceless.”
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“I really love to dig into the guts of a novel to see how it works.”
Episode 41 – Nin Harris – Show Notes
“The first draft does have a bit of vomit in it.”
“For me, space is very gothic.”
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“I’m a nerd so I just think of it as role-playing as another person.”
“If I feel like I’m stale, I go read Nabokov.”
“A typo is like a palette knife mark in someone’s story.”
“LinkedIn is the place to be for content writers and even artists.”
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“You are directing a movie onto the page.”
“If you’re going to talk about good and evil, you need to talk about people and what people do.”
“I do this with a total agenda of changing rape culture.”
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“The strength of the romance genre lies in the Heroine’s Journey.”
“No one but you has to read your first draft.”
“My goal is at least three LOLs per page.”
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“I kept one word from the story. It was Commodore.”
“Sending them to the farm to play with the other words.”
“There’s vomit and there’s polish. It’s a mess.”
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“Kids are so bombarded with visuals these days, they love verbal storytelling.”
“Lovely words that not only look good but sound good too.”
“Authors are small businesses.”
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“I like a fast and dirty draft.”
“All the wonderful world building with a happily-ever-after.”
“I write faster with chocolate.”
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“I get more creative and crazy as the day goes on.”
“I won the reading cup when I was at primary school.”
“If I’m not jazz and I’m not pop, what am I?”
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“My novels are my purest me.”
“Some people don’t realise I’m the same person.”
“My critical range is not good or bad but interesting or dull.”
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“I like taking myself and my readers to a place we’ve never been.”
“The more words I lose in the editing process, the more successful I think the editing is.”
“A good editor challenges me.”
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“Sometimes it’s not fair to the film to dash something off the hour after you’ve seen it.”
“I miss having an editor to bounce ideas off.”
“There’s no time for writers block. It’s a luxury.”
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“Good strong writing comes from using simple words in a compelling way”
“My writing was inspired by the fact no one wanted to hear my travel stories.”
“You need to know how it ends to know how it begins.”
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“I have to be creatively engaged everyday or I’d go insane.”
“K-Pop is super important to my writing.”
“With a destructive mindset, I can’t be creative.”
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“You need to do a little guerrilla warfare as a new writer.”
“I grew as a child questioning where my place was.”
“Visualising things from the reader’s perspective.”
“Reframing failure as something I should try to do.”
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“Why is this happening? And why now?”
“20% writing and 80% rewriting.”
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“If you can’t write a good scene, write a bad one.”
“After 30 years, it’s still hard to look at a blank page.”
“Don’t start the day with a problem hanging over you.”
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“Approaching both praise & constructive criticism with curiosity”
“It’s hard to know what you’re going to write until you’ve written it.”
“We all need an outlet for our angst.”
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“Cherrypick techniques but develop your own style and process.”
“Outlining has been a positive tool to improve my writing.”
“A love letter to the two towns I’ve lived in.”
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I’ve been writing a series for Folklore Thursday on the origins of common superstitions and the series has come to an end. Boo. It’s been a fun and fascinating project to delve into why and where these superstitions came from.
Here are all ten articles for your reading pleasure
Enjoy
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
“Trusting yourself. You don’t have to write like other people.”
“I don’t think there are any definitive rules in writing.”
“In dark fantasy you can’t hold back.”
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“Take all writing advice with a pinch of salt.”
“Believe in yourself and your voice.”
“The key to a good book is mystery and intrigue.”
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“I say ‘how could you not have ideas?’ Look around you.”
“If the gin comes out I’m not having a good day.”
“Dialogue is lot more natural when you dictate.”
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“Writing, along with cats, is my therapy.”
“When I’m alone in the dark with the tape recorder, I’m good”
“Reading a genre you don’t write sharpens your skills”
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“I’m a torturer at heart.”
“Definitely, irritatingly, a plotter”
“The less time I’ve got, the better my writing is.”
“I always feel dirty when I say this but I’m just a people watcher.”
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“There’s a different thought process when you write long hand”
Episode 17 – Abbie Williams – Show Notes
“Punching you in the guts with words”
“Writing the first draft is telling myself the story”
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“You’re chasing ghosts if you’re chasing trends.”
“Write something for yourself.”
“It’s part of the writer’s job to read widely.”
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“Embrace the fact that there’s always more to learn.”
“Understanding what your character’s wound is in the story, is a critical element in understanding their behaviour.”
“Emotional wounds are critical in a transformative arc.”
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“The more I read, the better I write”
“Ack Ack Macaque is the bastard child of Biggles and John Belushi in the film 1941”
“I wanted to get back to sarcastic self-aware spaceships.”
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“Writing is like any other job; some days you do it well, other days not so well.”
“Fantasy is the highest form of escapism.”
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“It’s not sipping a glass of wine and staring out the window.”
“Thanks to Malbec for its contribution to this book”
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“The thing that improves your writing is writing.”
“Don’t you pity our protagonists and what we put them through.”
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“Bringing magic to the mundane”
“What do you want to say to the world and to yourself”
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Everyone on my mailing list will be receiving a little Evangeline Christmas treat in their inbox soon, ‘An Awfully Evangeline Christmas’ short story.
Up to her neck in Christmas preparations, Miss Plockton asks Evangeline to run an errand for her. A trip to the bakery for a few special treats for the Professor
The errand sounds simple enough, but of course, Evangeline and Mei find trouble in the most unlikely places.
So if you’d like a little bit of Christmassy silly fun, sign up here.
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“The foundation of my writing is reading, and broad reading.”
“As you add more energy into it, it (the story) takes on a life of its own”
“I don’t think ‘how am I going to challenge myself?’, I think what is the best way to tell this story.”
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“You know in your head what a good book is. Try and be that good book.”
“I’m a better writer than I am a plumber.”
“John Le Carre is the guv’nor.”
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Critiques Groups, Spreadsheets and Con Women in space
“When I didn’t get picked up, the next book I’d write I’d try something different, another tangent, to give myself the best chance to get a deal”
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Romance, Co-writing and Regency Research
“I want to lift you up from your daily problems for a few hours and drop you off feeling better”
“Everything’s better with dragons”
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First drafts, Tea and Exploring the Shadowy Places
“The one thing a story hates is a nit-picky writer”
“With a global community, there’s always someone around to hold your hand or kick you in the pants.”
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In and Out, Diverse Voices and Dried Mango
“It’s getting harder to be in survival mode and also produce art.”
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Episode 03 with Angela Slatter: award winning dark fantasy writer
“I’m a hybrid mess.”
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Episode 02 with Molly Ringle: writer of romance with a magical twist
“My writing tends to be on the weird side.”
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