It’s been a busy few months, what with university, writing, and other stuff, so as much as I wanted to revive this blog sooner, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and write anything worth posting. But now, with the imminent release of the second book in the Creatures series, Back to School, … Continue reading Update + New Book on the Way
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Book Covers: How? Why? When?
Recently I've been thinking about book covers and what other authors do to create theirs. As usual, I asked my followers on Twitter for their thoughts: Don’t judge a book by its cover, the old saying goes. But let’s face it, we all do. A cover is usually the first thing that you see of … Continue reading Book Covers: How? Why? When?
Chapters: To Name or Not to Name
Chapters, some books have them, some don’t, and everyone has an opinion on them, so I asked my fellow writers over on Twitter for their thoughts. Below are some of the responses. As you can see, the responses varied. Some people like short ones, others long, others don't care as long as they work with … Continue reading Chapters: To Name or Not to Name
Back at the Writing Thing
With a new year and a new semester of University comes a new desire to write. As much as I wanted to write over the holidays, I just couldn't get my head into it. I guess a part of me was kinda burned out from the uni assignments, and I just didn't have it in … Continue reading Back at the Writing Thing
Researching Your Writing
Research is a big part of writing, but we all do it a different way. I asked my fellow members of the writing community on Twitter how they research and below are some of the responses. It’s often joked that if someone were to look at an author’s Internet browser history that they come off … Continue reading Researching Your Writing
I’m Back
It’s been a while. Until I decided to write this post, I didn’t realise just how long it had been since I posted. November. Jesus. There are a few reasons behind my lack of posting, though. First off, university. It was around November time when I started to get assignments for my course, and usefully, … Continue reading I’m Back
A New Way of Writing (For Me)
Before I start this blog post properly, I just want to say that the presentation that I was anxious about doing last week went really well. I wasn’t as anxious about it as I expected, and when it came time to perform it in front of the rest of the class, I lost any anxiety … Continue reading A New Way of Writing (For Me)
University Presentation Day
I’ve been at university for a good few weeks now, and we’re just starting to get going with things. So much so that today I’m about to do a presentation in one of my lectures, which will be my very first uni assignment. For the assignment, we were given the choice of different articles that … Continue reading University Presentation Day
Who Lives Beneath: A VSS365 Story (Part II)
This is the continuation of my Twitter story written through the daily VSS365 word prompts. You can read Part I here. Follow me on Twitter @GaxTZ to catch up each day. I climb up into the graveyard but have to prompt John to follow. From the way he is acting, I'm starting to think he's … Continue reading Who Lives Beneath: A VSS365 Story (Part II)
Actually Doing University Work
This week, as the rest of the university, is off to prepare for assessments, our course was also given the week off despite us not having any assessments for a while. For one of our lectures, we were given some work to prepare for a group presentation. This is the first “proper” work that I’ve … Continue reading Actually Doing University Work
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