by Liz | Apr 4, 2012 | Writing
… to be told when you go to a talk given by an author? I can hear you!! And I agree – this sounds a fairly silly question. But let me explain why I’m asking. Last week, I went to an extremely interesting talk held in Abingdon Library. It had been...
by Liz | Mar 28, 2012 | Writing
It’s impossible to describe the feeling when you see for the first time your name on the cover of a published book. It’s a FANTASTIC moment! I wish such a moment on everyone who’s working on what they hope will be their first publication –...
by Liz | Mar 21, 2012 | Writing
This is a plea for advice about vocabulary to use when writing novels set in the past. In the last few weeks, I’ve been pulled up three times about words I’ve used in my current work in progress, A Bargain Struck. Two of the criticisms are correct,...
by Liz | Mar 14, 2012 | Writing
It’s early days in the life of this blog, and in a way I’m still introducing myself. In my first blog, in which I linked to three posts I’d written before, I introduced me, the author. In last week’s blog, which focused on the presentation of...
by Liz | Mar 7, 2012 | Writing
As the title of my blog suggests, I’m going to be writing about my world, or, to put it another way, I shall be jotting down bits & pieces about my life – and about writing – from week to week. I’m a writer so it’s not surprising...
by Liz | Feb 29, 2012 | Writing
It’s time that I started a blog, I thought, and so that’s just what I’ve done. Having made the decision to begin blogging, I had to decide what to say on this my first blog. But it isn’t my first blog, I suddenly realised. My first blog was a...
