This week I had a whole day — yes, a whole day — to spend on research for the next book. I did some walking around town, mooning around the garden, lounging on the sofa making notes on my main character, but what took up the bulk of my time was looking up information onContinue reading “Google Histories and Survival Strategies”
Tag Archives: Young Adult Fiction
Imagining a Brave New World
I am currently at that very exciting but very daunting stage of planning a new novel. I’m using the word ‘new’ in the loosest sense, because it’s actually going to be based on a novel I wrote about five years ago. It was rejected by publishers at the time and of course with the benefitContinue reading “Imagining a Brave New World”
The Path To Independence
About a year ago I decided to become an independent writer. For me the word independent has many connotations, both positive and negative. It makes me think of being alone, an absence of support, a need for resilience and a determination that can only come from me. But it also makes me think of freedom, being inContinue reading “The Path To Independence”
My Top 5 Writer’s Websites
One of the jobs on the list for this summer is to create a website. I’m pretty illiterate when it comes to technology (although I keep doing technology-related things so maybe I won’t be able to say this for much longer), and I’ve discovered that with WordPress I can build my site around this blog.Continue reading “My Top 5 Writer’s Websites”
Sally Gander 