Anna Bell

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. By Anna Bell One of the things my editor picked up on throughout the first draft of my latest novel, was my time jumps. All too often in the manuscript I’d made huge jumps in time without alluding to it. I find it one of the … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – Passing the Time

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.By Anna Bell I forget what number edit I’m on for my current manuscript, but I thought that I was going to have to do a lot more. That was until something magical happened recently; at the end of an edit my work in progress … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – From WIP to Book

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. By Anna Bell Sometimes when writing a book the title jumps out at me before I’ve even begun, and other times I struggle to think of one. I like to have at least one whilst I’m working on a book though – it helps define the … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – Is a Title Make or Break?

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. By Anna Bell    We’re fragile things, us authors, and sometimes well-meaning, non-writerly folk say stuff that really gets my goat. Before I was traditionally published I’d get loads of ‘so I can’t buy your book then’ and … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – What Not To Say To An Author