Romantic Comedy Author
This post is sooooo late I apologise but it’s been crazy busy in the life of Karlie, I almost shelved it but I think for any aspiring writers and even regular writers, it would be helpful, and after writing it and reading it through, I’m reminded of how wonderful it was. A few weeks ago…
Read More….to Burst. told to do it by a fellow writer, so I did. Writing short stories are like eating a cheeky donut to me. A real pleasure. Especially if that is an iced donut. And even more so if that donut has creme in the middle. AND if that donut has coffee on the side………Ooh…
Read MoreI don’t want to spoilt this film so all I’m going to say is that it’s a bloody good British film, go and see it, (and go and see it at the Cameo). As a typical girl, there’s a few parts were I hid behind my hands, which you need for the story to work, so…
Read MoreOne if the best pieces of writing advice I was given at college was, action moves things along. This dropped into my mind again tonight as I was talking to a friend about a short film I’m in the process of putting together, (a cutesy story you’ll all love, am sure!) Can I be in…
Read MoreI don’t have the answer to this, but I know that surely, if it is emotive enough to cause tears to fall, you are writing raw material. Raw material is good. Good is good. Writing is such a self indulgent thing. You are sharing your views on something, a character, a situation, you want every…
Read MoreWhen planning a journey, I am not the sort of girl to consult a map. Edinburgh I know like the back of my hand, but when going any further i’d most likely Google the route, check which roads I need to be on, maybe check for landmarks then set out. Half the fun for me…
Read MoreOver the summer I was lucky to meet, work with, hang out and stay friends with some amazing, ambitious and creatively successful people. Working closely with celebrities made me look at ‘the dream’ I chase. I don’t think there’s a writer among us who doesn’t want their work shared, adored and bought by others. Nora…
Read MoreIt’s….wait… Sunday right? Sunday night, okay yep, it is. Nope, what am I saying, no, I started this blog then but I didn’t finish it until today which is Tuesday afternoon, yes that’s right Tuesday! Wowee, what a week last week was!!! My lack of blogging is because, as you may know, I’m working on…
Read MoreI’m sitting here writing this novel. The bones of it took me 7 days. Honestly, it felt a bit like that song by Craig David, except it was “I wrote this book on Monday, wrote it with a drink on tuesday, I was in love with it by wednesday, and on thursday, friday and saturday….…
Read MoreThis, believe it or not is my 100th post!! To mark this momentous (?) occasion I have decided to reflect a little on who I was when I started this blog to who I am now. The previous year to starting this blog I separated from a long and sadly at times, unhappy marriage. It’s something I…
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