(First published on my old blog, 12th October 2013) Right, after my lazy attempt last night, I feel I should deliver some substance today so here is the next installment in my York FoW13 chronicles. This seminar was run by the lovely Julia Churchill and Penny Holroyde (both well known agents). It focused on…
Category: Editing
Throwback Thursday: Self-Editing and Humble Pie
(First published on my blog 14th August 2013) I can honestly say that I’ve never left a scathing, personal review for a book. (Occasionally I have left a harsher review if I feel the author has cheated the reader or propagated something harmful with their words.) That’s not to say I haven’t thought personal comments, I just…
Throwback Thursday: Candle flames, light bulbs, flash bulbs and flare guns; Editing your novel.
(First published on my old blog 19th August 2013) At the end of April, earlier this year, I finished writing my novel. I spent a day walking around in a hypnogogic state where everything seemed very crisp and bright and yet nothing was quite real. Bit of an odd day – I was torn between…