Category: Life as a writer

Here are my answers to a fun seasonal tag about reading and books, created on Twitter by @JennieLy.

I was tagged by Shannon T Mc Gee (thanks Shannon!). This is my first time being tagged like this, so I hope I’ll do it right!!

Now let’s jump into it. Have you ever…

• Received an ARC (Advance Reader Copy) and not reviewed it – NO

I don’t do many ARC, and those I do I care about, so no I’ve never not followed through.

• Have less than 60% rating on Netgalley – ?

No idea what Netgalley is. I will go and check it out as soon as I finish this post!

• Rated a book on Goodreads and promised a full review on your blog, but never followed through – NO

I don’t do reviews on my blog yet. If I did promise, I would do it even if it was ages later. Continue reading “#NaughtyorNice List tag”

Not quite a book launch, more like the shove you give a timid child at a birthday party…

Book launches are necessary evils,

You know by now how much I dislike book promoting, but needs must, and I’m having to launch the third and final book in the first Skyriders’ Trilogy.

Continue reading “My book launch (or rather, shove).”

Two slight problems with NaNo18. One, I’ve only started today, i.e. five days late. Two, I’m changing genre and venturing into the terra incognita of Contemporary Romance. Continue reading “NaNoWriMo 18 – my foray into Romance”

NaNoWriMo is the yearly marathon for writers. The only rule is to write 50,000 words between 1-30 November. Anyone teetering on the edge of taking part? Don’t! Just go for it, have a got. What have you got to lose??

For those brave enough to try it, I’ve got a double list today: 5 things to keep you focused and at your desk, and 5 things to stop you wasting your precious writing time.

Five home comforts

Continue reading “5 + 5 things I do to prepare for NaNoWriMo 2018”