Quick Links to my BristolCon posts
Here are quick links to the blog posts I wrote based on my notes from BristolCon 2016: The Call of Magic Diversity in Fantasy Novels How Do I Publish? Writing Through the Storm The World of the Fae
The World of the Fae
Notes taken from the BristolCon 2016 panel ‘The F Word’. Whatever happened to fairytales? Today’s popular fairytales are very sanitised. Generic fairies roam the covers of children’s book. Disney gives everyone a happy ever after. In the UK, Enid Blyton has been responsible for numerous jolly little fairies, brownies …
Final Steps
It’s been a productive week. Book One: At last, I’ve finished my proofreading! Now I just have to go through and apply all my corrections, plus those from my proofreader, and finish formatting both the ebook and the paperback. The end is in sight. Now I feel like I’m getting …
Writing Through the Storm
This post was inspired by the BristolCon 2016 panel of the same name – with thanks to those authors who shared their personal experiences. At some point in your life, difficult times will come. You may experience health problems, both physical and mental, illness or death of close friends and …
And the New Year is underway…
Happy New Year! The picture above is idealistic rather than realistic. Here in the UK, we’ve had some cold days and a few early morning frosts, but many other days have been mild and wet. Not a sign of any snow yet this year. I always remember the good things …
My 2017 Reading Challenge
This year, I’ve chosen 38 books that I want to read. Some of them are quite hefty, so chances are I won’t get through the lot, but if it ends up being a longer challenge, so be it. I shall also do a Goodreads challenge, where I select a number …
2017 Goals
This week I’ve been thinking about what I achieved this year, as well as thinking about where I want to take things next year. I don’t think I set any concrete goals for 2016, although I had in mind that I wanted to publish Book One by Christmas. Well, that …