Posts about writing

TARNISHED publication day!

It’s a funny old business, publication day. Particularly when it’s your third book and you’re writing a[…]

About Plotting and Planning

Last week I ran a three-hour MA class on plotting at City University. Apart from being one[…]

TARNISHED proofs arrive!

This is one of the most thrilling moments in the life of an author. Well, I suppose[…]

Why editors are important

When I finished the very first draft of my first novel Cuckoo at the end of NaNoWriMo[…]

Been a long time…

And this is a bit how I feel after emerging from two months of heavy-duty editing/major surgery[…]

Strangeness on a Train

I’m writing this the night before I appear on the Radio 4 Today Programme to talk about[…]

Writer on a Train

This article first appeared on Behind the Headlines on May 16, 2012. As a full time writer[…]

If the writing goes tits up…

I’ve just had the most enormous fun making a trailer for Every Vow You Break. For me,[…]

A gamble

After a busy Christmas and New Year, I knew I had to buckle down to the second[…]

Just a few tiny amendments…

Well, the WONDERFUL bound proofs of Every Vow You Break came through, and, as you can see,[…]