Tag Archives: plot

Goodreads Reviews & Cuba

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Even though The Beggar’s Opera is not yet out (it will be on bookshelves in February), Penguin did a ten book giveaway on Goodreads a month or so ago. So far, five people who won advance copies have reviewed and/or rated it, which I … Continue reading →

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About cats … and believable characters

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

This is a great blog post by my AW pal, Toni Dwiggins, about what happens when an author introduces a cat (or two) into the house. But probably my favourite non-cat related line in her blog  is this one, as the … Continue reading →

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Copy Editing

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

I’ve been lucky enough to work with a really good copy-editor this week so I thought I would share my thoughts on what it was like and what you can expect. After The Beggar’s Opera was accepted by Penguin Canada, it … Continue reading →

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Technology in writing

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Mary Jane Maffini has an interesting post this week on how technology will affect our writing. No, she doesn’t mean e-books, or the gizmos we all carry around with us, but how our characters use them. Back in my twenties, if I saw … Continue reading →

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The Challenges of Writing a Series

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

Back to a post focussed on writing! For the last few weeks, this blog has meandered around a bit, probably because I’m in the midst of my own version of writer’s block. Hard to advise aspiring authors on how to … Continue reading →

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Another writer’s take on genre

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

I happen to hate Dan Brown’s books and like Stieg Larsson’s (Ibought all three of the girl who kicked butt and loved Salander, Blomqvist not so much). But here’s a novellist who says that all these books are amateurish and poorly written. Now, … Continue reading →

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The dreaded synopsis

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

In order to submit to the Debut Dagger, I had to write a 1,000 word synopsis. It’s very hard to find one to use as a precedent for a pretty obvious reason. The synopsis sets out the plot of a book, and … Continue reading →

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