Tips on writing

  Inspiration   Tip 1.  Never tell anyone you are going to write a book.  Not even yourself.   Tip 2.  Never sit at a blank computer screen waiting for inspiration.  It won't happen.   The glimmer of a story will come to you when you are - usually - doing something monotonous; when you're least expecting it. You will feel a tingle.  Make notes.  Then forget about it. If the story wants to be told, it will keep coming back.  Take more notes.  Forget about it. Carry on doing this until your