by Michelle | Apr 2, 2016 | Fantasy Books, Reviews
Everything’s bigger in Texas…Including the monsters. When a young werewolf is murdered on the Paint Rock Supernatural Reservation, the local cops think it’s a drug deal gone bad. BSI agent Judah Black knows better. An occult expert, she knows magick is at work from...
by Michelle | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog
Yesterday I took the plunge to open a business account with my bank and had a lovely chat with the woman there in the process. She had never come across a book editor before and was fascinated. Until filling out my application, I didn’t realise quite how close I...
by Michelle | Mar 15, 2016 | Achievements, Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Coursera’s ‘The craft of Plot’ is one of five courses in the creative writing category. I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the basics and also to try and get back into the habit of doing a little writing myself. In order to earn this...
by Michelle | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
The final week of The Craft of Plot was all about the editing and revision process (my favourite subject strangely enough). I’m not going to detail this week’s lesson as this is a topic I’d like to tackle in a post of its own (with a view to helping...
by Michelle | Mar 13, 2016 | Projects (Published)
Nobody expects to stare death in the face only to find out your entire life is a lie. Rescued by Salco, marketing executive Becky finds herself in an unknown magical world filled with happy people that try to forget their land is on the brink of destruction. Becky...
by Michelle | Mar 7, 2016 | Reviews
In a world plagued by hordes warped by magic into creatures hell-bent on the destruction of mankind, where elemental magic holds sway and determines your lot in life, Taal is of the water, which should assure him a place among the revered rudas, protecting his city...
by Michelle | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog
I received a lovely surprise in the post the other day (which I’m a little late blogging about owing to the fact I’m up to my ears in editing and doing two Coursera course). Anyhow, a few weeks ago I was engaged to do a little editing on Illusional...
by Michelle | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog
Week three has certainly kept me out of mischief, I have a terrible habit of making short stories too ‘big’ for the word count and think I’ve done it again, but ho hum. It’s done now (after two days, on and off, of working on it). So, week...
by Michelle | Feb 23, 2016 | Projects (Published)
Camille Turner has returned to her home town of Rotherham to open her new business, a childrens play centre. She said she left to pursue her education but in reality she was driven away by the antics of fellow pupil Dylan Ball, whose parting shot, a photo of Camille...
by Michelle | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Week two was all about story structure. It discussed Aristotle’s three-act structure (that of a beginning, middle and end) and Horace’s five-act structure, which was further explained as: A: Action B: Background D: Development C: Climax E: Ending[divider]...
