Below are my original un-revised posts on writing, which have now been expanded and updated in Writing & Publishing For Yourself: The Indie Author Handbook, Self-Publishing Toolkit, and Staying Sane Survival Guide (or ‘The Adventures of an I.T. Helpdesk’). For the latest and most revealing/insightful chapters, check out the ebook 🙂

Click on the links in bold below to access my advice posts on writing:

• The basics – so you want to write a novel?
• Hidden agendas of the author – I, Wordbot
• Worldbuilding in SF & fantasy – as taught by Sir Terry Pratchett
• Parody, copyright, public domain and mash-up fiction – Genre Jazz…
• Trends in romance fiction
• How to write romance fiction
• How to write literary fiction
• Then, some more dialogue took place – on giving your characters voices to use
• Bedroom scenes – if you can handle it…
• What happens when you write memoir – editing real life
• Tips for writing screenplays (written as Voodoo Spice)
• Repetition, repetition, repetition
• BARE with me – signs that the author has lost the plot
• Proofreading and copyediting
• Fact-checking non-fiction – Writing v. Parkour (written for Dan Holloway)
• Author interviews – my example (interview by Ink-Wrapped)
• Niche marketing – part 1
• Niche marketing – part 2
• Niche marketing – part 3 (what NOT to pitch)
• To publish, or not to publish – Redefining ‘Vanity’
• The Great Cover-Up – on packaging your product
• Hot on the Trail – making a Youtube trailer for your book
• Your author image – how not to sell your soul to the Devil (written as Voodoo Spice)
• Social media as promotion – the wrong garden path to go down…
• Netiquette for authors – how to remain dignified (and likeable)
• The importance of still writing for yourself
• Re-imagining and re-inventing your earlier stories – revisiting them through new eyes
• Writing prompts – Open source worldbuilding for SF and fantasy

Available now as an eBook: Writing & Publishing For Yourself: The Indie Author Handbook, Self-Publishing Toolkit, and Staying Sane Survival Guide (or ‘The Adventures of an I.T. Helpdesk’) by Lisa Scullard