My Writing Process – Arrowhead

Big thanks to the lovely Safie Finlay for inviting me to join the

“My Writing Process” Blog Tour.

You can find more out about Safie on her website HERE.

Because my latest novel, Arrowhead, and only just been released, I thought I would bend the Blog Tour criteria slightly and talk about the post-publication shenanigans related to this book!

What are you working on?

I’m working on a trailer for Arrowhead, in collaboration with the amazingly talented Venice-based designer Luca Pavan…

Actually Luca is doing all the work! I just have the hard task of feasting on the incredible art he sends me.

Awesome artwork such as this:

 

And this, the blue ice cave where the body of a Viking boy is found:

 

As soon as the trailer is finished, I plan to put it on my HomePage, so watch this space!

 

If you want to know more about Luca’s profile, check out his own marvellous trailer for his digital sci-fi art book ‘Universes’.

 

How does your work differ from others of its genre?

Maybe the way it weaves a historical backstory within the main present-day storyline?

 

Why do you write what you do?

Because I can’t not!

 

How does your writing process work?

I aim to get the main heartbeats of the story planned before actually writing each chapter. I think about the motivations of the main character – I ask myself What is their goal? and this becomes the driving force for the action.

This is also true for the secret book I’m currently working on and due out in May 2015! More details to follow at some later date!   ;)

 

Next Monday, 26th May, three other writers will take up the “My Writing Process” Blog Tour mantle!

They are:

Sarah Mussi – Queen of Teen with bite

Matt Dickinson – King of the Mountains

Caryl Hart – Picture Book Princess

Enjoy!