From flash of lightning to finished novel: a writer’s survival guide

Your muse is a gift and also a curse. It blesses you with a big idea, slaps it on the desk like a mad boss and runs around cackling about how clever it’s been. ‘Build me a tower with twiddles on top,’ it says,…
https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/from-flash-of-lightning-to-finished-novel-a-writers-survival-guide/

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When Clint Eastwood made my day. And other tales from writing life

How do you recognise a creative person? They’ll open a box no one else has thought to look in. My friend John McCaffrey, who as a novelist, essayist, reviewer, short story writer and writing teacher, is creative in every atom…
https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/when-clint-eastwood-made-my-day-and-other-tales-from-writing-life/

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When an editor becomes a novelist – talking to Howard Lovy

Howard Lovy has spent his professional life in the world of words. He’s a seasoned journalist, podcaster and editor. But recently he’s found himself on the creative side of writing and has just published his first novel, Found and Lost: The Jake…
https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/when-an-editor-becomes-a-novelist-talking-to-howard-lovy/

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Avoid this common mistake when humanising your characters

A familiar device in fiction is to humanise a main character by giving them a quirk or unexpected trait. The detective who’s an accomplished tap-dancer. The surgeon who listens to punk rock in the operating theatre. The lawyer who has a pet iguana…
https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/11/avoid-this-common-mistake-when-humanising-your-characters/

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A life full of creative fire – novelist Jill Amber Chafin

Jill Amber Chafin says she’s always been ‘full of creative fire’. At the age of 10 she was writing stories. As a teenager she was working on novels and a memoir. Then she discovered she yearned to express herself through dance and aerial…
https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/a-life-full-of-creative-fire-novelist-jill-amber-chafin/

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Avoid this problem when writing a mystery

I’ve been discovering the TV series Severance. It’s intriguing, enigmatic and compelling, but I have one big anxiety. Will it play fair with all these mysteries? What do I mean by that? Let’s consider what we enjoy in a mystery. It’s the questions. But that’s because we…
https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/avoid-this-problem-when-writing-a-mystery/

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A walk at dusk and a large cup of coffee later. ️ I keep trying to work on my book, but it's been stuck at this part for more than a week. Just keep trying or continue at another part?