2017 :: Dawn Is Rising
“We have the chance to turn the pages over, we can write what we want to write.” I feel like a lot of us wouldn’t mind erasing 2016 from our memories, […]
5 Tips from my 7th NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is an odd creature. Most publishable novels are at least 70,000 words long, and it’s most common during an editing process to cut words, not add […]
Lessons in Editing Novels
In 2009, I wrote my first ‘novel’. In reality, it was a re-telling of a published story, only set in my University with bland characters and little to no plot. […]
Improving Your Craft: Awareness of Bad Habits
In 2012, I began a book called Wings of Skell. During re-writes, it was renamed Planes Shifter. As of May 2016, I own over 50 copies of the draft manuscript, and it’s […]
The Timeline of K. R. Green
It was a cold November; and my student house did not keep in the heat. Mould grew in patches around my bedroom window and even swept across the skirting board by […]
Fight Like A Girl Anthology :: Now Available
Some of you may remember that I wrote a short story last year for the female strength science fiction and fantasy anthology Fight Like A Girl, edited by Joanne Hall and Roz Clarke. My […]
Ready Player 3: Character Swapping for Fun and Profit
Today we have a guest post from Ellie Di Julio; author of the Forgotten Relics series, about how she picked point of view characters in her latest book. I’m going to […]
Twice Upon A Time: Anthology (Including My Short Story)
This weekend the anthology Twice Upon A Time launched, including my re-telling of the Welsh myth of Taliesin’s birth. Fairytales don’t always happen once upon a time. Fables don’t always […]
Discovering Writing Weaknesses
Every writer has strengths and weaknesses, and we learn what these are as we write. At some point, we realise just how many skills we don’t yet have. Sometimes we […]
Mental Space
I had planned to release a blog post on meditation for my writer’s well-being series, but with my laptop issues, university deadlines and some health stuff, I’d rather wait a […]
On Broken Laptops :: Slow Progress
As I type this, my normal laptop is sat in some repair place back with the company who made it, hopefully being saved. Last weekend, on June 3rd, it just […]
Level-Up! Essence of Green :: May 2017
“There is a wildness in the air, a spice that belongs to more than lilacs or the sweet woodruff blooming beneath the trees. Ferns glisten with morning dew, and somewhere, […]
Wordcount Goals :: Momentum
It’s been a long couple of months, with multiple projects requiring my time both inside and outside of day-job. My writing output has slowed considerably, although as I plan to complete […]
Camp NaNoWriMo 2017: Reflections
Camp NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a 30-day challenge to complete a writing goal, using the momentum of the community to help motivate and support writers in achieving their aims. […]
Writer’s Well-being 4 :: Burnout and Self-Care #MHAW17
Today marks the end of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017. Since mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people, and 50% of those conditions began before the person was 14-years-old, it’s […]
Level-Up! Essence of Green :: April 2017
“Sunlight dapples the forest floor. A copper fox appears through the gloaming, then vanishes again with one sweet, sharp bark, an invitation to follow him to into the fanciful weave […]
Rejections: Proof You’re Moving Forward
Last year, I decided I had re-written one of my novels enough times and it was time to take the big, scary next step. Following many edits, re-writes and renamed files, I […]
Letting the Story ‘Sit’
Sometimes, we all reach a point of saturation. The ideas stop flowing; they sit, and rest a while. It’s okay to let the story sit. When we begin a project, […]
Camp NaNoWriMo
Each November, I take part in National Novel Writing Month. I skipped attempting this in 2014, but have completed the task seven times. Each year, the offerings and forum spaces have changed […]
