Karen’s Blog
Welcome to my blog. Below are the posts I have made so far. Please consider subscribing to my Newsletter to be notified when I post a new entry.
New Series of Stories
New Series of Stories As you will know, if you’ve been following my blog, I’m off to the Winchester Writers’ Festival in June. While I’m there, I’ll have the chance to pitch two of my novels to literary agents. In the last few weeks, therefore, I’ve been trying to get two of my children’s novels edited and ready to submit. But one thing after another has kept me from working on them. So last weekend, I decided it was time to start writing a new series of stories. Now, I realise this may make me look like a bit of a … Continue reading →
Free eBook
Free eBook Well, I’ve been promising for some time that I was going to start a mailing list, so that my loyal readers can be kept informed of new writings, publications, appearances and events. Finally, I can deliver on that promise. And in return for signing up to my mailing list, you will get a free eBook! The short story you will receive on signing up was shortlisted for the Adult Fairy Story Competition by Writing Magazine some time ago. Given the many different genres in which I write, I was unsure at first which story to give away, as I will have … Continue reading →
Pitch Opportunity
Pitch Opportunity! As some of my readers may know, I will turn 50 this year. As a treat to myself for making it to my half-century, I’ve spent some of my well-earned tax rebate on a trip to this year’s Winchester Writers’ Festival, with the emphasis on a pitch opportunity with two top agents. I plan to make a long weekend of it, with my fiancé. I’m really looking forward to attending the fantasy workshop, but the crux of the event, for me, will be the two appointments I have with literary agents. This is my chance to show someone … Continue reading →
New Book Offering Online! At last, it’s arrived! I’m delighted to announce that the website offering the new book, in monthly instalments, has finally been completed and is up and running. Journey Into the Unknown and Back Again is the first in a three-book series of spiritual novels. I’m writing them in collaboration with Joshua Shapiro, one of the Crystal Skull Explorers. The story takes place in modern times, and we focus on the lives of a special couple who have long been engaged in spiritual work. When the book opens, they are on one of their regular public tours … Continue reading →
NaNoWriMo Update – The Editing Stage
NaNoWriMo – The Editing of Grail Maiden So I’ve finished the first draft of Grail Maiden. What now? There are acres of advice out there for writers, and almost without exception, it insists that the best thing you can do for a manuscript once the first draft is complete is to stash it away for at least a month, before you begin the editing process. No less a figurehead of the writing world than Stephen King has spoken emphatically on this subject, so who am I to disagree and go my own wilful way? OK, so it’s not quite a … Continue reading →
Done it! NaNoWriMo Challenge – Completed!
Done it! NaNoWriMo Challenge – Completed! Well, by the skin of my teeth, as they say, I have finally managed to complete the NaNoWriMo challenge of writing 50,000 words in the month of November! What a strange month it’s been. I’ve been under the weather the whole month, with an infection that started in late October, and for several days I haven’t been well enough to write at all. Then there’s the fact that I’ve started THREE separate novels this month! The first was a fuller version of one of the past lives that Cathy Heritage discovers in my novel, … Continue reading →
NaNoWriMo
Writing for NaNoWriMo November’s Writing Challenge Hello, and welcome to my new blog! In fact, this is a brand new website, which my partner and I have been working on for the last week or two. It’s much more interactive – you can sign up to receive notifications of new posts, and comment on posts, as well as contacting me direct, which was your only option before, unless you went to my Facebook page. As I’ve just started NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month – a marathon writing challenge), my posts this month may be frequent but short. NaNoWriMo is … Continue reading →