Claire Gallagher
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Claire is a self-published author of contemporary romances. She has a literary agent and is aiming to traditionally publish her more psychological novels.
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Can Songs Teach Us Something About Writing Novels?
Rules and Commonalities I’m not a musician but even I know that songs have a structure, verses and a chorus, that they often have a...
Rejection
You Are Not Alone Most people experience rejection when querying. Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, got so many rejections she ended...
Writing Routines
Time and Head Space When I was teaching full-time, I found it difficult to fit in any writing. It’s definitely not a nine-to-three job! My...
Self-Critiquing
Who the hell do you think you are? I once heard that authors alternate between two perceptions of their work-in-progress. One is: ‘This is amazing!...
What Makes Great Writing?
We All Have Our Own Opinions Of course we do! Life would be very boring if we didn’t. But there are elements to story that...
Multiple Points-of-View
Say What? Writing a novel with more than one point-of-view can be tricky. How can you juggle different personalities and motivations – and somehow use...
Ghost Writing
Sorry! I’ve been a tad disingenuous with this title because I’m not referring to the act of writing on behalf of others, but rather the...
Unreliable Narrators (Spoiler Alert!)
An Issue of Trust I’ll admit, novels with an unreliable narrator are not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love them. You start off thinking...
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