Lauren K

People often ask me, ‘how do you find time to write?’ The truth is, I don’t find time. I make it. I want to write, so I do. Do I get busy and overwhelmed? Hell, yes! Do I sometimes go days, weeks, months without writing because life gets in the way? Hell, yes! But I always come back to writing because I love it. In this post, I share 7 tips on how I make time to write.

Like most people, 2020 hasn’t been my favourite year but it is almost over. And I’ve read some great books that I want to share with you.

Have you ever wondered how to use psychology to create authentic relationships between your fictional characters? How to strengthen that notorious ’emotional wound’ and heighten the character conflict? Well, now you can- using attachment theory.

“All my events have been cancelled and I can’t fly to the UK or interstate to promote Prey. But authors, blogger, book lovers and book shops (even those that have closed their shops) have been wonderfully supportive, like yourself, and it’s truly heartening. I feel very lucky.” – L.A. Larkin

It feels like so much of our lives are on ‘hold’ at the moment, but should your novel be on hold too?

Have a finished manuscript and want to know what to do next? Try submitting to a competition and see what happens.

It’s very challenging to find a spare moment when you have a four year old and a four month old baby.  I mean, just getting dinner on the table is a struggle most days.

Is your story going to appeal to an agent, publisher or readers? I tried looking at my novel from a new lens and it made my novel 100% better.

Plotting the novel In 2018, I entered the Richell Prize (yes I’m blaming you!) for my current WIP. At the …