Recent content by jazzabel

The way I would approach this is the order in which things happened, and what can be done while doing something else. Getting that right always improves the reading of it. “With a sigh, she surveyed the scene” - how long is this sigh? It’s clear what you meant, but something jars, because the...

For sure, and also, at least for me, due to all the advice of how to get your story published, which can be conflicting and dominated by business concerns of the publishers, leading to constant second guessing and feeling like whatever we have can’t be good enough. I ended up putting back so...

I write on an iPad Pro with a Magic Keyboard, which makes it feel like a laptop but without the area under left wrist getting warm, like on my previous laptop. I write in different places, but I have a favourite bay window and a seat. I’ve been using Ulysses for years, and prefer it to other...

I tend to push to finish the first draft, get it all down, and then I go on this rambling journey of countless subsequent drafts, that get abandoned and new draft started, every time I decide to change something retrospectively. It is done once I no longer feel like something is really not...

This is a tricky issue for any author with a complex situation, and these are many. From women authors who are also fleeing violence at home (so have to be anonymoius and very careful), to people writing things that don’t jive with their ordinary lives, or other projects. The readers always want...

To my mind, the most prominent feature of alcoholism, or any addiction really, is denial, and it takes many forms. Decide on how denial will be affecting their character development and goals, and it will illustrate the nature of struggle with addiction.

This issue has been on my radar for years, and it is really hard to remain positive about trad publishing, since virtue signalling in line with various ideologies became more important to them (not just publishers but all involved, editors, agents, booksellers and even other authors) than the...

I wasn’t trying to be mysterious, I thought that qualifiers in my statement (many readers, not all, and referring to formulaic-type fiction which might be selling well, but it does get a bit old after a while) would be clear, apologies if they weren’t.

I think you misread my comment. I do agree with what you said, but that wasn’t what I was referring to.

That is quite typical for forums, though.

Hey Catrin! Last 10 years have been a blur, it might be that I was there longer. Really lovely to see you again and reconnect. I had loads of avatars, from memory one was the Borg queen (always a favourite 😁)

Thank you all for the warm welcome, it’s much appreciated! Louanne, I really hope the book will stand up to my mental image of it. I’m currently struggling with letting go of it. Thundair, I’m so glad that your calculated risk paid off. It takes a lot courage to deviate from the ubiquitous...

I remember you from the old forum! I just found an email about the old forum closing, so I came on here. It’s great to hear you are well and have been writing all this time.

I used to be on the old forum many years ago, 2010-2014 from memory. Then life happened, and I had to attend to a different project, which resulted in a well-read and reviewed nonfiction book and quite a lot of popularity on social media. This was a good experience to go through, as there are...

Hi Scribble! I’m also in the UK, also love mysteries and sci-fi. I’m hoping to soon finish a novel that’s been a while in the making, which is speculative fiction, with sci fi elements.