Heidigirl666

I used to have all sorts of problems that irritated me to death when using word. Now I use Open Office and I much prefer it. My advice would be ...

You know you're a writer when complete strangers catch you talking to yourself in corridors and the like, because you're playing out a scene in your head for something you ...

Try to leave out the parts people skip.

There's no harm in looking at publishers/agents etc. However, you do need it to be absolutely perfect before you can send it out. And editing is not just about finding ...

I'm afraid that's a rather impossible question for several reasons. 1. There is no 'British dialect'. Britain has quite an amazing variety's of accents (studies have shown it changes every ...

I've nearly finished reading this, but not quite. I've come across a problem and I don't know if it's just me, or if other people who have read it would ...

I quite liked this actually. :D It had a bit of a 'lemony snicket's series of unfortunate events' tone to it, or like Roald Dahl's style. It's a difficult style ...

It can be very difficult to come up with something original in a way, in that many plot lines and themes have already been covered several times over, but in ...

Not bad. :) Vampires aren't my thing, but it was well written with no major problems to it, although the last paragraph and bit of dialogue was a bit rushed. ...

I loved this, it was wonderfully descriptive, the way you described John was just marvellous. But I agree with Sam on all the things she pointed out. There are a ...

Definitely not a bad thing to have a third person prologue and then first person for the rest of the novel, or whatever. There are some very good published authors ...

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I submitted part of my novel to a literary agent a while ago, and haven't heard anything in about five weeks. I know they're probably just really busy (and secretly ...

Going to north of England actually. Ooh, bourbons and custard creams. Definitely adding to the list. Cadbury's chocolate is a no. Why would we want any when we have lovely ...