Random Reading

Stuff writers shouldn’t do

Here are some pointers on things to avoid when writing.

Conversations with the Little Monkey

These exchanges took place with the Little Monkey when she was four.

Dialogue, voices, Queenie and Rover

I’ve been thinking a lot about narrative voices lately, prompted in part by a book where the characters were strong but their voices all sounded a little same-ish to me.

To *$@! or not to *#@!

I’m reworking the dialogue in my manuscript and my wife has suggested I need to consider unleashing the wolves in my characters’ speech. I’m being too polite, she reckons.