I've written about fandom a lot, and I'm sure I write at least one blog post a year where I explain just how much an impact falling in love with books, films, TV shows and plays has had on my writing life, but since it's happened again after I saw The Force Awakens and The Last… Continue reading Fannish Obsessions and Feelgood Fiction
Category: Writing
On the eve of a new year…and a new book.
2017 was a rollercoaster year, in positive and negative ways. If the universe has a balance, then I would say that the scales were tipped mostly in my favour this year, but there were enough moments of darkness to remind me that all pleasure should be enjoyed in the moment and not taken for granted.… Continue reading On the eve of a new year…and a new book.
On the eve of NaNoWriMo…
How many of us have sat back, possibly after a few glasses of our favourite beverage and thought; ‘yes, I could write a novel…if only I had the time!’ Well, now there’s no excuse not to grab your writing implement of choice, be that pen and notebook, typewriter or laptop and spend thirty days (and… Continue reading On the eve of NaNoWriMo…
Prose and Process…
Since I finished looking over the copy edit of book 2, I've started to get really stuck in to writing book 3 of the Little Somerby series. As usual, this has led to much thought about what my 'process' is when I'm writing, so I thought I'd try to document some of that here, for… Continue reading Prose and Process…
Left on the shelf(ie)
Life has rather taken over for the past few weeks and I've not written much in this blog. However, I couldn't let this week pass without making reference to the fact that my first novel, The Second Chance Tea Shop, is now on the shelves in Sainsbury's supermarket stores nationwide. When I got the email from… Continue reading Left on the shelf(ie)
Art Imitating Life…
Anyone who's read The Second Chance Tea Shop will know that I set the novel in very familiar surroundings. The village of Little Somerby might be fictional, but it's very much grounded in reality. The Strawberry Line, part of the railway track that was shut in the 1960s by Dr Beeching, runs alongside Little Somerby in… Continue reading Art Imitating Life…
Editing…
Recently I got book 2 of Little Somerby back from my lovely editor at Aria, and I'm currently embarking on putting her feedback into action. It's been bit of a journey back into the book, as I got totally wrapped up in writing the early sections of book 3 at the end of June, but… Continue reading Editing…
John Wick – review and fanfiction.
As usual, I watched a film and thought about it a lot. I liked both John Wick 1 and 2, and not just because Keanu Reeves is extraordinarily good to watch, and still criminally underrated. There was a scene in the first film that got me thinking, and a short piece of fanfiction was the… Continue reading John Wick – review and fanfiction.
A Backwell Ghost Story
I wrote this for a Year 8 class who were working on their own ghost stories. I wanted to take the everyday and turn it into something spooky! Enjoy... The Walkers of the Corridors: A Backwell Ghost Story They say you should never be on school grounds during the night of a full moon. Even… Continue reading A Backwell Ghost Story
The Calm before the storm of book 2…
Musing on waiting for feedback...
Fay Keenan 