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 Before I was a writer and working from home, I used to fantasise about maternity leave and the break (cough) that it would be from work. Yet now, as a writer, I’ve realised that it’s nothing like I expected maternity … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – What I’ve Learnt on Maternity Leave

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 told by pretty much everyone that the golden rule of writing a novel is ‘show not tell’, I’ve read many a writer’s advice piece about it and even had my editor point to sections of my novel that needed a rewrite … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – Acting Out

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 Recently, I got a touch of lazyitis with regards to my writing. My manuscript was good, but it wasn’t quite there. To make it great, I knew I’d have to make a major change, but I was sick to death of the sight of it. … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – Digging Deeper

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 As a self-published author I’m used to having books copy-edited and, whilst it has always made me think that I’ve got terrible grammar, it has never made me feel that bad. Yet, the two copy edits I’ve had back from my … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of An Aspiring Author – Copy Editors and the Dumb Author

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 A few of the latest blogger reviews of my novel, whilst positive, have labelled my book as predictable. Today I’m asking, is that a bad quality in a novel? I write chick lit, and I read a lot of it too, invariably … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Never Gonna Be Predictable