Blogs and creative writing
I’ve set up this page to act as my portfolio and a home for my written work – and to encourage me to continually write and improve!
I have experience in writing many different lengths, formats and topics: see my work in the wild with an SEO-stuffed article about the benefits of pixel marketing, or a descriptive piece on the importance of health and safety measures for disabled workers.
I’m also publishing regular blog posts about the creative writing process, interesting diversions of literature, genre and much more!
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This time ten years ago…
In 2015, what was the world of publishing and novels like? Well, unfortunately it seems like I was way too busy to take proper notice of the world around me…
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How to start a sentence
Reading is great – and chances are, if someone picks up a book, finds a pamphlet or clicks onto an article (other formats of arranged words are available) they’ve got…
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Writing for work: jobs in the word world
We’ve already covered ways of monetising your writing, but even since that blog post made its way into the world, the job market has had a bit of an, erm,…
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Genre focus: Gothic literature
A genre that goes by many names and has a whole heap of sub-genres to explore, gothic literature is a heavy-hitter, with many examples, influences and admirers over the literary…
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Writing subplots: types of storyline
The role of the storyteller is to, erm… tell a story! However, there is a delicate balance between threading in extra details about a backstory or other characters and creating…
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Titles and naming conventions
Though the saying is to never judge a book by its cover, there are plenty of additional factors that pull people in and persuade them to pick up a book…
Impish Fen 