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February 7, 2013
My BIG Tumblr Book Offer!
Anyone following me closely will have seen me talking about my wish to make an book offer specifically for my tumblr as a thank you for following and liking and reblogging and messaging and generally being cool. And here it is.
For the month ofFebruaryI will be GIVING AWAY a free eBook with every novel purchased. This means, if you buy one of my novels, either Lilith’s Tears of The Travelling Circus of Lacrimosa, you will thenreceivea FREE eBook version of the other book.
How to take part...
The Creeping Ghost Part I
“That is enough. I cannot do this any more. Its all too much.”
And perhaps I was correct. Regardless of everything, I still feel that I was right to speak those words when I did, and the way I did - calmly, without anger, but with confidence, for I was telling the truth. I was being more honest than I had ever been. The ghost had appeared roughly a month ago, although it seemed as though it has been present for far longer, years, perhaps decades: perhaps since the moment we had been born. Tim...
February 6, 2013
If you could give one important piece of information to a young writer such as myself, then what would it be? :3
I think the most important piece of advise is be unique - tell your story in your way. Which is not to say don’t read lots of other books and take inspiration from them - getting inspiration from other books is brilliant but as long as you just write in your own way, all the inspiration from other works will feed into your own style and become part of that style. Being unique is the most important/only really viable writing tip I would say. You hear all the time that every book has been writt...
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I will never not reblog this.
oh….. my god
If you don’t reblog this you have no heart
black and white blog :)
“she ded” dis bit get me evrytime :’(
I just wanted to thank you for all the writing tips. The advice you gave the guy with The Counting Crows reference was excellent and very relateable. I don't write poetry myself, but I have been looking for a way to break into the field and get my voice
Hi - you’re welcome :) I’m glad it was useful! I always like to be able to help out other writers where possible, its really hard to actually get stuff out there and make a viable living from writing. The most difficult part is starting off and breaking out in the first place, so I’m pleased that some of my tips are useful. Good luck with all your writing in the future :)
I just wanted to thank you for all the writing tips. The advice you gave the guy with The Counting Crows reference was excellent and very relateable. I don't write poetry myself, but I have been looking for a way to break into the field and get my voice
Hi - you’re welcome :) I’m glad it was useful! I always like to be able to help out other writers where possible, its really hard to actually get stuff out there and make a viable living from writing. The most difficult part is starting off and breaking out in the first place, so I’m pleased that some of my tips are useful. Good luck with all your writing in the future :)
