Welcome or welcome back to this blog series reflecting on the experience of writing my first published novel The Art Trip! In the previous post, which I rather grandly titled ‘The Flowing Stream’, I’d completed my first draft and was … Continue reading The Long Road to a Novel – Part 6 – Cutting Free
In this series of posts charting the road to my novel The Art Trip, I’ve arrived at the sharp end of things. After sharing how I was first drawn to writing and how I found my voice, this time I’m going to … Continue reading The Long Road to a Novel – Part 5 – The Flowing Stream
I’ve been posting recently about the journey to writing my first novel The Art Trip, from how I began to write, to how I gained in experience, then in confidence. Today I’m continuing with the next chapter in that story. I’ll be sharing … Continue reading The Long Road to a Novel – Part 4 – The Elusive Voice
Welcome to the next post in my blog series about the road to publishing my first novel, The Art Trip. This time I’m looking back at the long period I spent secretively working away and how I finally arrived at the … Continue reading The Long Road to a Novel – Part 3 – The Secret Ambition
I’m continuing my series of posts on the journey to writing my first novel The Art Trip, and this time I’m looking back at how the idea of writing first came to me at all. It’s interesting for me to … Continue reading The Long Road to a Novel – Part 2 – The Slow Start
Having just published my first novel, The Art Trip, I’m itching to get started on writing my next. The idea came to me a while ago, I have a rough plot outline and a few scribbled notes, so the most … Continue reading The Long Road to a Novel – Part 1 – The Reflective Reader
Being an avid reader and author of romantic comedy novels, naturally Jane Austen looms large among my heroes and inspirations, and that goes back a long way. As a teenager in the Nineties, when Jane’s work was enjoying a huge … Continue reading 5 Jane Austen Sites – Tour & Tea
