Writing

My Awards and Publications

This contains links to some of my stories.

Articles on writing

This is where I'll post articles (mostly on writing) as I produce them.   (My non-writing musings will largely go in the blog. ) Consequently it's decidedly thin at present, but it will grow whenever I need an excuse not to do the ironing.

 

• Recommended books for writers NEW! 29th July
• Advice to new writers
• Making time for writing when you have a family

Other sites with writing articles

• Write101.com "Solving your writing problems since 1998!"
• Writer2writer Cheryl Wright "A sharing, nurturing place for writers"
• Holly Lisle's Forward Motion "Over 100,000 words on how I do what I do"
• Fiction Factor "The online magazine for Fiction writers"
• Absolute Write "The one-stop web home for professional and beginning writers"
• Write from home "This site strives to offer work-at-home writers information, tips and resources to help you balance your writing career and children under one roof."
• Writers break "Educating Writers everywhere"
• Writing World "A World of Writing Tips for Writers Around the World"
• Jeffrey A. Carver's writing course (mostly for SF and Fantasy, but a lot of stuff is the same for any genre.)
• Proper manuscript format (in the USA)
• Writer's Digest Not a huge amount of free stuff here, but what there is, I found useful

A word of advice, though. Just make sure you don't spend all your precious time on reading instead of writing!