Girl of Fire and Thorns – Rae Carson
A fresh and beautifully-written fantasy YA.
Guest post: How to write a blurb for your novel
I asked Milan from The Blurb Butterfly to share some insight on how to write the best book blurb for your novel. Here’s what she had to say. As writers we have no problem describing…
How to write a novel in Microsoft Word
My trilogy is currently sitting at 316,078 words, which amounts to 732 Microsoft Word pages. It’s all in a single doc. A few people I've chatted to seem to think that you need…
Life update: Having my cake and eating avo toast
Sunday afternoon saw us driving frantically across Cape Town trying to hit as many Checkers stores as we could before closing time. Why? Because I want to have a cake this year…
How I beat procrastination
I mean "beat" in the present tense, of course. Because beating procrastination is an ongoing battle. For someone prone to procrastination, there's no such thing as winning. You're pretty much working against your…
Authors Magazine – Stoking the Flames
Romance books are a favourite punching bag of the literary world and have been for ages. Is it a coincidence that the most controversial books of the last decade all fall into this…
Authors Magazine – Interview with Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay began writing stories at the age of eight, but when a family tragedy had him running his parents’ caravan park and cottage resort at 17, his dream of becoming an author…
Crooks & Straights – Masha du Toit
I came to Crooks & Straights with that Christmas morning feeling. I read the description on Amazon and thought wow, I’ve got to get my hands on that.
The best Twitter hashtags for authors
I took a look at 40 of the top hashtags recommended for authors. Which are actually worth using?
Authors Magazine – Surviving the First Draft
You have a brilliant new idea, you’re just itching to write. It’s so easy for the first few pages… and then it becomes gradually more difficult. So you give up. Sound familiar? Every…
