New Year Resolution!

HELLO!

We are now ten days into the new year! Come around fast, don't you think? If you, like me, have set yourself a new years resolution then you will realise that when you think about it it's actually quite hard to stick to.

I told myself that I would update this blog at least once a week to promote my work. Ironically I seem to be unwilling to commit to this job, unlike my writing habits. But never the less I am going to try it again!

I will try! At the very least I shall try!

So, if anyone has any questions about writing, whether it be grammatical or about punctuation. Seriously anything! I will try to answer. I might even try to promote my books, again TRY being the key word there.

If you have the need to explore the unknown, the undiscovered or the impossible, writing is for you. Being a fantasy based author I am a little biased. I attempt put the extra in to extraordinary, just taking a normal scene and putting an odd take on it is the best way. For example, I study creative writing at university, and one of my lecturers told the class when you are describing an ordinary scene and you want it to stand out put a space ship in there!

He has a point. First tip of the year for new writers-

If you want your readers to stick with you, then you have to make something stand out in the first few pages. A killer line! Although the blank page is daunting. Don't be afraid of a new page, embrace it and let your fingers soar over the key board or let the pen scribble. Don't think about it, you can come back to it at a later date. The first draft is just the first of many! Lay your foundations before you build. 

 So, first blog done and out of that way. Hopefully there will be many more along the way!

Thank you for listening, well reading. Good luck with your new years resolutions! I hope you stick to them too!