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M is for Marlee
Marlee is one of the main characters in Reckless Rescue. She is nineteen years old, and has spent her whole life stranded on a harsh planet, where everyday life is a struggle. Despite this, she is...
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T is for Tyris
Tyris is the other main character in my novel, Reckless Rescue, and a favourite of mine. I found him much easier to write than Marlee, perhaps because he isn’t anything like me at all. Nor is he the...
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Y is for Young
I wrote recently about discovering that my novel could easily fit into the New Adult category, and since then I’ve realised that I write about younger characters quite a bit. Aside from Reckless...
View ArticleCharacter Descriptions – How Much Should you describe?
This is one of those topics that seems to divide both readers and writers equally. From the classic “I looked in the mirror and surveyed my straight blonde hair and blue eyes critically”, to the more...
View ArticleImproving your Point of View
One of the most important things, when writing in third person point of view, is to make sure the reader knows who’s head their in, preferably within the first sentence. It’s no use opening a chapter...
View ArticleDeleted Scenes
Last week, I took my daughter to see the new Disney movie, Frozen, and a new fan was born. Since then, everything has been about Frozen. We’ve sewn an Elsa dress, and the latest fun was to download the...
View ArticleThe Structure of a Novel
While it may seem that each novel is completely different, most of them have an underlying structure that has a surprising number of similarities. This is the basic structure I use for my novels, so...
View ArticleWorld Building – is Simple ever Better?
As a sci-fi and fantasy writer, I don’t write stories set in our world. Instead, my stories exist in worlds that I’ve made up inside my head. I’m not bound by the constraints of reality, or the...
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Character Profile – Kerit
Over the next week or two, I’m going to be sharing some background information about Reckless Recon, such as information about the characters, places and research behind the book. Of course, the best...
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