Writing a new series is hard. When I was writing the Changeling books I was confident that I could ‘slip into’ Trey and Lucien and Caliban’s heads, and do so without too much trouble. I found my voice and was comfortable with the worlds I had created for those works. Now all that has gone. [...]
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"I’m playing all the right notes. But not necessarily in the right order."
Posted: 20th January 2011 by admin in edit notes, editing, Thoughts on WritingSome people dislike the idea of being edited. They believe that having spent nine months/two years/half a lifetime* (*delete as appropriate) writing their book that it must be perfect and it should simply be set in print and placed on the shelves to sell in its gadzillions. Most of them are wrong. If you are one [...]
Hey, why not? We’ve all got a book in us, right?
Posted: 13th January 2011 by admin in Getting published, Thoughts on WritingA small lesson in mental health for authors.
Posted: 23rd September 2010 by admin in Thoughts on WritingWhat are you, some big kid?
Posted: 30th July 2010 by admin in characterisation., teenagers, Thoughts on WritingGo to your room!
Posted: 19th March 2010 by admin in CHANGELING, Changeling: Blood Wolf, Steve Feasey, Thoughts on Writing, WritingIt occurred to me the other day that writing books is like bringing up children. All of them require time and effort and hard work. They infuriate and delight in equal measure. They have their own character traits which make the job of nurturing them, and finally unleashing them into the world, all the more [...]
You do voodoo? Me do? No, you do?
Posted: 6th March 2010 by admin in CHANGELING, Steve Feasey, Thoughts on Writing, Writing, writing rituals‘Of all the fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.” – Hilaire Belloc. People ask writers the strangest questions: What do you like to eat when you’re writing? Which music do you have playing? Do you have a routine that you go about before committing words to paper (or screen [...]
New year, new start
Posted: 4th January 2010 by admin in CHANGELING, Dark Moon, Steve Feasey, Thoughts on WritingIt’s the start of a new year and for the next few months I shall be writing, writing, writing and…writing. With deadlines looming, I’m feeling a bit nervous about how book four is coming along. It’s proving to be a bit slow. The book is coming together, and I’m quite excited about how things are [...]
