I’ve blogged before about the challenges of writing book two and those challenges haven’t diminished as I work on the third book of the Haven Chronicles. What I haven’t written about is the rewards of writing a fiction series. Writing a series isn’t easy, but it can be incredibly satisfying. Read more
As book two of my fantasy series, the Haven Chronicles, moves closer to its ‘fly – be free’ moment, I’ve been thinking a lot about whether writing and creating a book is a lone process or not. Can it be done by an author in isolation or does it require Read more
Summer time, and the living is ea-zee… ♫♪ Or at least it is if you don’t have to write a blog post when you’ve nothing much to say. You see, while I wait for my publisher to get back to me on Book 2 of the Haven Chronicles, life is Read more
I can officially announce that Burning Chair Publishing have offered me a publishing contract for the second book in my YA fantasy series. On 14th September, I happily emailed my signed publishing contract back to Burning Chair and began the process of editing my manuscript after receiving feedback from Pete Read more
“So it’s more like super-hero powers than wands and spells then?” “Super-hero. I like that,” said Hartley. “It’s actually a little of each.” Haven Wakes, and the other books in the Haven Chronicles series, are filled with magic. I knew from the outset that I didn’t want to copy what Read more