No matter which genre you write in or what age group you are targeting, writing fiction and/or non-fiction is not easy. The craft of writing is a lonely business which needs dedication and thousands of hours of writing practice in order to learn how to plot novels, or short stories, and then add realistic characters and settings. It can be the most frustrating experience you will ever encounter, but writing can also enrich your life. All you need is patience, experience and perseverance.
To the right is a list of categories which will take you to posts I’ve written on writing tips in recent years. Or, you can scan the list of the last 100 posts on the subject. At the bottom of the page is a short list of recommended software that I use, which I hope you will find useful too.
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- NaNo 2019 starts tomorrow
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- Follow me in the Booksprout app!
- Coming soon: Journey to Freedom
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- Writing Update
- Free Offer: Domino Effect
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- House on the Hill -first draft finished
- Why I Write
- The Land of Miu: Discounted eBooks
- I Published a Book … and Didn’t Know
- Free Ebooks Available – Limited Time
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- Domino Effect: Paperback Version
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- All my ebooks are half price until the end of June
- Moving on to the Next Writing Project
- Free Review Copies of The Land of Miu Ebooks
- Cover Reveal & Pre-order Special Deal
- The Lion Gods Moves into Stage 3 of the Editing Process
- Editing: Phase 1 – Listen!
- Writing Notebook or Virtual Notebook
- First Draft: The Lion Gods is Finished
- Update from My Writing Desk
- Download Issues Fixed
- Happy 2018
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- The Software I will Use
- Upcoming Writing Space
- Still Getting Back into the Swing of Writing
- Getting Back into the Swing of Writing
- Ebook Sale, only 3 days to go
- Status: Words Written (12 Oct 2013)
- Writing Update
- Free eBooks Available for Read an eBook Week
- Released: A King’s Riddle
- National Year of Reading Special Offer
- eBook Available for Free!
- Released: The Land of Miu
- A New Cover for The King’s Riddle
- Out With the Old and In With the New
- The Mythology Behind the Land of Miu
- How the Land of Miu Began
- The Land of Miu Series – New Titles
- “Cat’s Eyes” to be Renamed
- Goodreads Giveaway – Three Paperbacks to be Won!
- Ripping Ozzie Reads Interview
- “Hope” is Here!
- Communication Skills
- Editing Course: Developing Good Working Relationship
- The Wide-Brimmed Publisher’s Hat and Hope
- Writing Course: Self-Editing Your Work
- Free eBooks for Summer/Winter
- Editing Course: Be Aware of What You Edit
- Editing Course: Moral Rights and Plagiarism
- Editing Course: What is Copyright?
- Writing Course: Fact to Fiction
- Publishing Update
- Writing Course: Elements of Short Story Writing (Part 2)
- Writing Course: Elements of Short Story Writing (Part 1)
- Writing Course: History of the Short Story
- June Special: Cat’s Eyes Ebook for $0.99
- Editing Course: Types of Electronic Documents
- Editing Course: Online Webpages
- Editing Course: Reporting Corrections by Email
- Editing Course: Using Technology
- Writing Course: Defined Work Roles
- Writing Course: Styles/Categories of Writing
- Writing Course: Forms of Writing
- Writing Course: The Writing Industry and You
- Writing Course: Industry Overview
- Editing Course: Putting it all Together
- Editing Course: Perfect Punctuation II
- Short Story Tips
- Editing Course: Formatting Style
- Editing Course: Typography
- Editing Course: Book Publishing and Design
- Canoeing, Gaia, the 17th Century and the Future
- Cat’s Eyes: Another Review
- Cat’s Eyes: Amazon Review
- Editing Course: Wordplay II
- Editing Course: Good Grammarian II
- Editing Course: A Matter of Style
- Editing Course: Introducing Copyediting
- Editing Course: Standard & Comparative Proofreading
- Editing Course: Proofreading Marks
- Course: Processes, Conventions and Practices
- Competition: What does a Miuan look like?
- Editing Course Update
Recommended Software
These links are NOT affiliate links. I recommend them, because I use them myself and like them.
- Snowflake Process of Writing a Novel – for planning your novel. Purchase the software or use the manual method. I’ve done both, and they both work wonders.
- yWriter 6 – I use this software for every project I write. It’s brilliant!
- Tiddlywiki – a free notebook for all your planning and research notes. I love it.
- Calibre Ebook Management – it’s free and easy to use. You can’t go wrong.
- Sigil Ebook Editor – also free and easy to use.