This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I live in a lively household. This is a very good thing, unless you’re trying to write books. In the school holidays, I find myself carrying my laptop from room to room in a desperate search for peace. Often I hide in a café; … [Read more...] about My Writing Room by Charity Norman
Writers' Tuesday
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 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
Sophia Tobin’s Top Five Writing Tips
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. 1. Keep going. The world is full of people who are going to write that book when they get the time. Anyone can write a chapter or two, but it's finishing the book that makes you a writer. 2. Choose who you share your work with … [Read more...] about Sophia Tobin’s Top Five Writing Tips
My Writing Room by Jessica Soffer
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Much of Tomorrow There Will be Apricots was written at my desk in New York City. The table was my father’s drafting table. He was an artist and it’s covered in paint splatter. My boyfriend varnished it, paint splatter and all, for … [Read more...] about My Writing Room by Jessica Soffer
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 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