As we said when we first started this blog, we’re all writers, not that you’d know it from our recent posts. Therefore, we’ve decided to each do a character focus post for our favourite characters from our WIPs. Through these posts, we hope to give you an insight into the decisions we make about our … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Fate
An Amateur Guide to Rewriting Your Book (Again)
It’s all very well to start writing your first book at fourteen, until you come to edit it at eighteen. Fourteen year old me was far too edgy and emo to produce a decent book, with Fate consisting of 90,000 words of misery. Funnily enough, none of the publishers I tried last year wanted it. … Continue reading
The Dictionary of Misspelled Words
As those of you following our Instagram will know, we’ve noticed that mistakes are inevitable when you’re writing straight through the night. In fact, sometimes it’s hard to know what you even meant to say in the first place. We’ve come up with the solution: just give the words their own definitions. It can’t be … Continue reading
Hiding Under the Covers
No decent parent would send their child out poorly dressed, and an author should be no different. While they tell you not to judge a book by its cover, let’s face it, it’s hard not to. You want your cover to attract the right kind of people: the people you aimed your book at. But … Continue reading
Milestone Post: Fate
In April 2014, while waiting to find out if we had got into our chosen GCSE classes, G had a dream that a boy named Fate Andrews came into assembly. Three years later, and she’s emailing publishers begging them to help her publish Fate. Here’s a spoiler-free interview with Lydia of how she made it: … Continue reading