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 When I got my traditional publishing deal I thought that my writing nerves would lessen – after all someone actually wanted to publish my books. The months prior to accepting the deal had been fraught with … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Book Two
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The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Beating the Hump
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.I think most authors have a word hump in their WIP that they dread. Mine is between twenty to thirty thousand words. No matter what book I’m working on my writing seems to stall and the self-doubt creeps in when I get to that … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Beating the Hump
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Swim the Pool not the Man
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 Years ago I heard the quote ‘Swim the pool not the man’ from a really cheesy children’s sporting drama, but it’s a quote that has stayed with me for life. A swimming coach was telling a teen olympic hopeful to … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Swim the Pool not the Man
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Watch Your Characters
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 couple of weeks ago I wrote about the critique that changed my life, where the person critiquing disliked my characters due to certain actions and lines of dialogue. Just how careful do we have to be when writing a … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Watch Your Characters
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – The Loss of an Editor
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I recently got the news that my editor was leaving my publishers. She’s going on to an amazing new job and opportunity, but as a newbie author I selfishly wondered what that meant for me and my books. I’ve only been with my … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – The Loss of an Editor