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June 13, 2016
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April 12, 2016
Works in progress
Just a little update about the things I've been working on:
The Invisible Girl
A romantic comedy...with ghosts.
Jen Hargrave is a woman haunted by the past. Literally. After a bomb blast five years ago, she sees ghosts wherever she goes, but there’s one in particular she dreads turning up—which means it’s really bad luck that she’s now working for his twin brother.
That bomb destroyed
The Invisible Girl
A romantic comedy...with ghosts.
Jen Hargrave is a woman haunted by the past. Literally. After a bomb blast five years ago, she sees ghosts wherever she goes, but there’s one in particular she dreads turning up—which means it’s really bad luck that she’s now working for his twin brother.
That bomb destroyed
April 3, 2016
He was my...
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He was my Sharpe before he was your Stark Shirt by HeWasMy
Get t-shirts overnight at zazzle.com.
He was my Mitchell before he was your Poldark Shirt by HeWasMy
Make your own tshirt online at zazzle.com
More designs coming soon!
September 8, 2015
A Hollow in the Hills launch
Tomorrow, I'm to my favourite city of them all: Dublin! Or should I say, Dubh Linn...where you'll find the young and ancient inhabitants of Ruth Frances Long's A Hollow In The Hills. I'm absolutely delighted to be launching the book tomorrow with Ruth. I've just finished reading it and believe me, it's amazing. If you're around Dublin on Wednesday 9th September, come along to the Gutter Bookshop
July 22, 2015
The Ghost Book...
...has left the building!
Jen Hargrave is a woman haunted by the past. Literally. After a bomb blast five years ago, she sees ghosts wherever she goes, but there’s one in particular she dreads turning up—which means it’s really bad luck that she’s now working for his twin brother.
That bomb destroyed Quinn’s life too. He lost his leg and he lost his brother, and the last thing he needs is a
Jen Hargrave is a woman haunted by the past. Literally. After a bomb blast five years ago, she sees ghosts wherever she goes, but there’s one in particular she dreads turning up—which means it’s really bad luck that she’s now working for his twin brother.
That bomb destroyed Quinn’s life too. He lost his leg and he lost his brother, and the last thing he needs is a
June 23, 2015
A sneaky peek...
Out Of This World is nearly here...
June 15, 2015
Happy Birthday Choc Lit!
It's my publisher Choc Lit's sixth birthday today, and so I'm blogging on the number six.
Funny old number, six. It doesn't immediately spring to mind when you think of magic numbers. According to Wikipedia it's a kissing number, which is rather nice when you write romance. In my favourite musical, West Side Story, the song America is composed in 6/8 time (it actually switches between 6/8 and 3/
Funny old number, six. It doesn't immediately spring to mind when you think of magic numbers. According to Wikipedia it's a kissing number, which is rather nice when you write romance. In my favourite musical, West Side Story, the song America is composed in 6/8 time (it actually switches between 6/8 and 3/
June 25, 2014
Some Assembly Required: pt4
5: Villains Are People, Too
Serenity
“Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get grey. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but grey.” Angel (the series)
Writing a compelling villain is actually pretty simple: you give his goal, motivation and conflict the same respect as you would the hero's.
Don't believe me?
Serenity
“Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get grey. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but grey.” Angel (the series)
Writing a compelling villain is actually pretty simple: you give his goal, motivation and conflict the same respect as you would the hero's.
Don't believe me?
June 18, 2014
Some Assembly Required: Pt3
4. The I in Team
Firefly/Serenity, The Avengers
“The process of creating characters is creating differences.” Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion
(Incidentally, you should all get that book. It has a really comprehensive interview with Joss, and little snipped from the actors and creative teams, loads of notes on music, design, world-building etc, production sketches, concepts and
Firefly/Serenity, The Avengers
“The process of creating characters is creating differences.” Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion
(Incidentally, you should all get that book. It has a really comprehensive interview with Joss, and little snipped from the actors and creative teams, loads of notes on music, design, world-building etc, production sketches, concepts and
June 11, 2014
Some Assembly Requiered: Pt2
So, yesterday I shared some notes from my Joss Whedon workshop about introducing character cues very quickly. Today it's going to be Conflict and Subtext.
2. I Love You, But...
Dr Horrible, Buffy, Firefly
The main thing I realised when working on this section was how the best conflict isn' just A and B having opposite goals: it's about A having conflict inside herself which is stopping her from
2. I Love You, But...
Dr Horrible, Buffy, Firefly
The main thing I realised when working on this section was how the best conflict isn' just A and B having opposite goals: it's about A having conflict inside herself which is stopping her from
