Category Archives: Plotline

With my first three books, I researched, did minimal planning and set off writing. Yes, there were points in the story when I was unsure how to proceed but I usually sorted it out within a day or two. A walk … Continue reading →

I said I was going to take the summer off and maybe do a free novella but it hasn’t worked out that way. I was sitting with my mother in the garden of her care home. It’s very rare for … Continue reading →

As you engross yourself in writing historical fiction, the most difficult part is imagining yourself in their time, but in temporal fiction it works in reverse. I have come across a book, Timestorm, where convicts arrive in Sydney, after a … Continue reading →

Reading the article is The Writer Magazine, some of which was reproduced in the ALLI blog on whether as a writer I am a Plotter or a Pantsman, I have to admit to being a Pantsman. I have a vague idea … Continue reading →