Guidelines for romance authors

Romance can be a tricky genre at times. It’s all about two people trying to connect together in some form…

Working with Meike — a social contract

As an engineer, I have a lot more experience working within technical publishing than with fiction. I’ve written, edited and beta read a number of articles, as well as coach people in writing and presenting.

Writing aids? Are they any good!

It seems impossible to watch a video of your favourite band without the obligatory “paid advert” you…

World building — BioDomes

So … what kind of colony would we find on the Moon?

I set my story in the year 2080. We talk a lot about going back to the Moon, but it hasn’t happened yet. I decided about in the 2030s. Give it about another ten years for establishing a colony. I wanted…

CAP-LOCK for shouting? A writer’s dilemna

The writer’s community on Twitter can be a lovely place, but often it can be a…

An introduction to world building

A huge attraction for the want-to-be sci-fi writer is world building. It’s addictive — like drinking…

World building — ComPad

This element is hilarious considering how much the world has moved on.

I started writing Melody Harper’s Moon in 2003, although much of the world building remained the same, that first draft was very different to my final story.

So … I wrote a book!

Back in 2003 during a difficult time on a project, I had this idea for a story.

I’m not the person especially back then who’d call myself an author. And I’d had other ideas for books. But this was one that I kept coming back to.