Look, I don’t often say much about writing, mainly because there’s already a lot of good stuff out there, said by much more experienced and far more articulate people than me. HOWEVER, I recently answered some questions from a charming guy called Broede Carmody (you can check out the full interview here …) And because this is National Novel Writing Month, and you
Want to know how this: …………………….and this:………………………….fed into making this? .………..………… Then take a trip over to between the lines for a fascinating insight into the book cover design process – it’s the most in-depth post on this subject that I have ever read. It also includes some of the alternative cover designs for Saltwater Vampires. There were 70 of them. 70. Thank
With the publishing date for Saltwater Vampires looming, I thought it might be good to post something on the writing process. Not mine (that would be a shambles), but the writing process of someone who is articulate and thoughtful and able to inspire. Lisa Heidke’s first novel, Lucy Springer Gets Even, came out in January, 2009, and won her many fans. A year
… is what I think writing is all about sometimes. And it’s nice to know I’m not the only one. The lovely Lisa Heidke, author of Lucy Springer Gets Even (Allen and Unwin) and What Kate did Next (Allen and Unwin), has just done a really good round up on the writing process for her blog. Lisa compares notes with Fleur McDonald, Kylie
Some writing just gets me and this man’s writing… just… yeah… I have no words. I’m talking about his Billy Bob Holland novels set in Montana, not the Dave Robicheaux novels set in New Orleans (I don’t know why – everybody else seems to rave about these). I could describe these books as Western/Crime… but that’s sort of like saying that The Old
Book editors help you ‘see’. They understand what you’re trying to do better than you do; find the words that will help you do it; are your ‘go to’ person; and, best of all, are on your team. They bring so much to a book. I don’t know if that’s true of all editors, but it is certainly true of mine. And here
To me, ‘design’ is the functional, working arm of art. Creativity within constraints, like time and money. As a huge reader, I’m influenced by book design all the time. I’d heard of David Mitchell, knew he was a great writer, but I never would have picked up Cloud Atlas if it wasn’t for the fact I loved the cover. So how do you
A lick of luck and seven years of writing would be the short answer. The long answer would go something like: I wrote a thriller which got me a UK agent who put it up for auction but nobody bid which was funny/terrible so I tried again and wrote something else which should have been ‘same, same, but different’ but turned out to
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