At the moment, I’m sitting at my desk, looking at a little cartoon. It’s one I drew myself. Not that I’m making any claims to being a cartoonist, or for that matter a visual artist of any kind. But sometimes, I quite like to draw stuff. The cartoon is split into four separate panes: 1.
Book blast – Nate Rocks the School
Ok – today I’m doing something a little different. To celebrate the release of Karen Pokras Toz’s new book, Nate Rocks the School, I’m participating in a Book Blast!What is a book blast? I’m not completely sure myself. But read on and I’m sure we’ll both be able to figure out the answer… Nate Rocks
Banging my head against a wall
Oh no. I’ve got blogger’s block. Again.Blogger’s block is not the same as writer’s block. I don’t have any problem at all with writer’s block. In fact, I currently have multiple stories on the go, and I could quite easily sit down and work on any of them. No, as far as the actual writing
Is there anybody in there?
Firstly, I have to thank Jim Murdoch who gave me the idea for this post via a comment he left on my post last week.Thanks, Jim.Last week I talked a bit about characters, and how I like to base the qualities for my characters on the general bonkersness of people I encounter. Jim made an
Bonkers, bonkers, bonkers, bonkers, bonkers
Characters are my favourite part of being a writer.I suppose that isn’t suprising. As a reader, I think characters are my favourite aspect of a story as well. Sure, I might initially get sucked in by an interesting premise, or the promise of some sort of exciting revelation, but ultimately it’s the characters that keep