An Aussie Christian who enjoys reading, getting out in nature and likes to write.
I was reading this very interesting (and funny) post the other day by guest writer Ben. H. Winters over at Publishing Crawl all about his theory of rotating dessert. He suggests you write two books at once, and as someone who does this I would have to agree. Now I know it’s not for everyone, … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Write two books at once.
Synopsis from Goodreads: 13 books. 13 nightmares. 1 destiny. I click my fingers and everybody dies. Sam wakes from his nightmare to discover the terrifying reality. It will come true. Kidnapped from school and finding out his parents aren’t who he thinks they are, Sam is suddenly running from danger at every turn. Nothing will … More Review: The Last Thirteen by James Phelan.
It’s been about three weeks since my last update and in that time I’ve been mainly working on two projects. I’m still working on my rewrite of my urban sci-fi novel rift. I’m about half way through now which is really exciting. Because it’s a rewrite though, I have to cut heaps of sections that … More A Writerly Update 11.
Welcome to this week’s Fiction Friday, today I am reviewing the YA contemporary romance ‘Camp Boyfriend’ by J.K. Rock. Synopsis from Goodreads: The summer of her dreams is about to get a reality check. They said it couldn’t be done, but geeky sophomore Lauren Carlson transformed herself into a popular girl after moving to a … More Fiction Friday: Review ‘Camp Boyfriend’ by J.K. Rock.
*I apologize that this post is a day late, when I went to write it last night I came down with a terrible migraine. If you’re a writer of YA then you might want to read this article from the Publishers Weekly website. Sue Corbett interviews some agents to find out what their perspectives are … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Agents on YA trends.
Dear followers and readers, I’m off on holidays for a week so I won’t be blogging during that time. It’ll be quiet on here, my twitter and my tumblr – I’m basically taking a break from the internet for the week. Everything will resume as normal from Friday October 4th. Have a good week everyone. … More Blogging break.
Hi everyone! I am happy to report that I have done a fair amount of writing this fortnight 🙂 I finally shook my terrible flu and was able to get back on track with all my WIPs. I’ll start off by updating you on the YA epic fantasy I’m currently editing. This is the WIP … More A Writerly Update 10.
Do you have a New Adult manuscript ready to go? Wattpad and Harlequin are joining together to present the New Adult catagory in this year’s So You Think You Can Write? contest. All you need for now is to be on Wattpad, or to join, and upload your first chapter and 100 word description of … More Calling all writers of NA.
Every writer knows how important it is to save their work. That you need to save it on your computer and then back it up on another device (for me a USB). You need to save your work when you have finished your writing session, but you should also constantly be hitting save during your … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Retrieving files accidentally deleted.
I just realised it has been a few months since I updated my Submissions Open page, so tonight I went and updated it. I apologise that it has taken me this long. There are 3 new submissions listed, with a total of 9 listings. You can check them out here For those of you who … More Open Submissions Updated.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 