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Category Archives: Last Girl Standing
Last Girl Standing cover reveal!
I’ve been keeping this to myself for ages but now I can finally reveal the cover of my next novel. I love it! It sits perfectly with the cover design of The Accident, don’t you think? Last Girl Standing Keep … Continue reading
The post-edit lull
There’s a very good reason I haven’t blogged since the summer – I’ve been bogged down in editing…well, I could say hell but, because I suspect my editor might read this, I’ll say ‘challenges’. Basically, after I received her feedback … Continue reading
100,000 copies of The Accident sold!
Today I received the wonderful news that the combined ebook and paperback sales of The Accident now top 101,000! That figure is beyond my wildest dreams and I can’t quite believe it. Fortuitously, today was also the day I’d arranged … Continue reading
Music to write to…
I’ve read about other authors creating musical soundtracks for their books and I’ve never quite understood what they meant (probably my fault for skim reading their blog posts). Do they mean they have a certain soundtrack, a sort of mixed … Continue reading
Posted in Last Girl Standing
Tagged Craig Armstrong, In Time, novel soundtracks, soundtrack, writing a novel to music
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If the state of your desk reflects the state of your brain…
…then I’m in trouble!* Last week I had a minor heart attack when I thought I’d lost all the work I’d done on my edits for ‘THE ACCIDENT’ when a Windows 8 update on my new Dell laptop decided to … Continue reading
The reason I haven’t finished my edits yet…
My editor delivered my edits to me at the beginning of May. I was really nervous when I opened the email because I had no idea what to expect. A dozen thoughts went through my head as I clicked ‘open’ … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas for novels, Last Girl Standing, Novel 4, psychological suspense, The Accident
Tagged Becoming obsessed with your novel, coming up with a good ending to your novel, Last Girl Standing, pantsing a novel, reasons for not editing your novel, Writer's block, Writing and getting stuck
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