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How to Find Beta Readers

How to Find Beta Readers

Posted on 2nd April 20222nd April 2022Author hughesfelicityPosted in Motivation, Writing tipsLeave a Reply

It’s not easy to find good beta readers. You probably won’t encounter them in your group of friends, let alone your family. Those people are far too fond of you. Afraid to hurt your feelings, they won’t tell you about the gaping plot hole in the heart of your novel. Instead, they’ll let you publish…

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Unrealistic Tropes: Chloroform as a Knockout Drug

Unrealistic Tropes: Chloroform as a Knockout Drug

Posted on 2nd March 20228th March 2022Author hughesfelicityPosted in Fiction, Writing tipsLeave a Reply

Using chloroform as a knockout drug has become a standard trope in thrillers. You’ve probably seen it done onscreen a thousand times and thought nothing of it. The villain sneaks up on his victim and places a cloth doused in the stuff over their mouth, rendering them completely unconscious. From here, it’s easy to bundle…

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How I Learned to Write About Sex…

How I Learned to Write About Sex…

Posted on 10th November 202117th November 2021Author hughesfelicityPosted in Writing tipsLeave a Reply

without blushing (too much) I’m not going to tell you how to write about sex in this post. Instead, this is an account of how I finally came to grips with the problem. As sex is extremely personal, it’s impossible to be prescriptive. However, it did occur to me that a frank account of how…

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How I Beat Pandemic Brain Fog and Improved my Focus

How I Beat Pandemic Brain Fog and Improved my Focus

Posted on 18th August 20214th October 2021Author hughesfelicityPosted in Motivation, Writing tipsLeave a Reply

You don’t have to go away for this to work, but it helps. Here’s where I stayed! What is pandemic brain fog? Pandemic brain fog, or as I like to call it, poo brain, has been affecting a lot of us lately. Besides making us zone out and forget things, a bad case of poo…

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How to Embrace Your Inner Critic

How to Embrace Your Inner Critic

Posted on 24th May 20214th October 2021Author hughesfelicityPosted in Motivation, Writing tips3 Replies

While not quite on a par with childbirth or interrogation by the Spanish Inquisition, finding your own voice as a writer can nevertheless be an excruciatingly painful process. Because what nobody tells you from the outset is that you suck. All writers suck when they start out. Well, okay, maybe not literary prodigies like Sally Rooney.…

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