This post is a little late this month, because I have been spending all of my spare time writing. I started it New Years Day. In January, I wrote half a book. In February, I stalled slightly. I was really happy with everything I’d written so far, but I couldn’t quite work out the ending.… Continue reading Stage 3: Draft 1.5 | Writing
Sometime last year, I took part in my first #ukmgchat on twitter, and joked that my perfect book would be something involving farts and friendship. For some reason, today that thought popped into my mind again and it struck me that it was true: farts & friendship = perfect book. At the same time, I… Continue reading Farts & Friendships: Writing for Children
So I did it, I wrote 50,000 words in November. I would like to thank caffeine and a major lack of sleep for getting me here. It was all worth it to see the shiny WINNER email in my inbox and now I am happily reading ALL THE BOOKS I CAN GET MY HANDS ON.… Continue reading UPDATES!
I have always had a problem with finishing things. Even as a kid I would get really excited and passionate about something, be it rollerblading or tennis or trampolining and then I would make it my life mission to become really, REALLY good at that particular thing. That passion would last about a week. Then… Continue reading Finishing…
So I did my first blog post in what seemed like forever last week, all about what I planned to do this summer, and one of the things I planned to do was start draft 2 of my current WIP. I was so, SO excited about it, not only because I’d been pretty happy with… Continue reading The second draft blues…
Now that I have finally hopped on the bandwagon and learnt to use gifs (have they finally figured out how to pronounce it yet?) expect many gif ridden posts. Yes folks, I am going to be one of those annoying people who uses them to express their emotions. Actually though, for todays post gifs are… Continue reading 5 tips for when you are in the depths of writing despair
Laura Noakes 