Well, recently, I haven’t done as much writing as I would have liked to. I’ve just seemed to be really busy all the time…
But, I have been ploughing through the first draft of Blood Of The Phoenix (Spirit Of Fire #2), and I’m absolutely loving it! The first draft of a book is… Continue reading...
So, just a quick post to point you towards the interviews that my twitter-friend, Cheryl Headford and Rivka Spicer, have done with me, and the interview by Skelat.com
I love taking part in interviews, but normally I’m the interviewer. And these last three times, it was the other way round. And it was great… Continue reading...
So, I was nominated for this award by my good twitter-friend, Cassandra Janey. 
Thanks! (I’ve never actually done one of these before!)
You Are My Sunshine Award
The rules are simple:
(1) Thank the person who gave you the award in your blog post… Continue reading...
So, today, I finished the first draft of Forbidden Embrace, the second Forbidden book. The total word count was just over 73,000, and I’d thought I’d share my word count graph with you.
Okay, so the quality of… Continue reading...
Good question. And quite a tricky one too.
For as long as I can remember, the ambition to be a successful writer has always been within me–even if it was subconscious. I realised this when I tried to work out how old I was when I first started writing–which I soon found… Continue reading...
For Christmas I was given a nice pair of Inline Skaters (Rollerblade Women’s Spark Pro, to be precise) and I was desperate to try them out outside, so, today, I did just that.
We found a nice empty car park, and in the semi-dark I proceeded… Continue reading...
So, the other day, I found out that I’ve been nominated for Blogger Of The Year 2013! It was quite a surprise as I didn’t know that anyone had nominated me (and I didn’t even know about Blogger Of The Year either!), but I was flattered when I discovered it.
You can see the… Continue reading...
So, yes, I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo (National November Writing Month) this year, and day 1 is going pretty well. Already, I’ve hit the daily target, so that’s pretty cool.
The novel I’m working on is a YA dystopian… Continue reading...
I’m always up for writing guest posts for fellow authors, so perhaps we could exhange them? If you’re looking for a guest post for your own site, then let me know!
What I propse is that you contact me through the form on this site, or my twitter (@MadelineDyerUK) and we each set… Continue reading...
Like most writers, I try to write every day. But due to other commitments, this isn’t always possible. Instead, I have allocated ‘extra’ times when I have to write. And these are those times:
Monday – About 7.30-8am, I’ll be planning some plot twists. I then try to write them down and exband on… Continue reading...
Just a quick post to tell you that my twitter username has changed from @MadelineDyer_ to @MadelineDyerUK.
I decided to change to this name as many people forgot the underscore, so hopefully having ‘UK’ will be more memorable. As someone on twitter pointed out, my username’s now screaming that I’m british 
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Ok, so my spring and summer projects were finishing drafts 1-5 of Spirit Of Fire, and planning out its sequel, and two new books. I have achieved all of this by the 4th september 2012. Which means that I have now started my new project.
Today I drafted out the synopsis, and blurb, for… Continue reading... | 1 Comment
The first sentence of any book is hugely important. It is the first thing that readers will read (apart from the title, author’s name, blurb and dedication etc), but most likely, the first sentence will play a part in making your readers decide whether to buy the book.
First sentences have to be engaging… Continue reading...
Yesterday, I was reading a very interesting post, that I was linked to from twitter, and it was very, very inspiring.
Most people think of writing a book as a very long-winded process that takes years to finish properly. Well, of course you do need to do more than one draft, and loads of… Continue reading...
The Spirit Of Fire Series
This is my first YA fantasy series, and so far I’ve loved writing it so much. I’ve planned for there to be 6 books in this series, all told from the first-person perspective of the main character, Jade. However, there will be epilogues and prologues in a third-person narrative… Continue reading...
Very, very shortly my first non-fiction ebook, Guinea Pigs As Pets, will be published on Amazon Kindle.
Guinea Pigs As Pets is essentially a how-to guide about guinea pig care.
I have been writing this ebook on and… Continue reading...
So, just a quick update this afternoon to let you know the latest with my work in progress: Spirit Of Fire.
I’ve been working on this novel since February 2012, and I’ve nearly finished it! Indeed, today I hit the 100,000 word mark. To be precise, I’ve just finished writing Chapter 24 and the… Continue reading...
Well, today it is exactly one month from my deadline by which I have to complete draft 1 of Spirit Of Fire. At the moment I have an approximate word count of 90,000 words, with only about 30,000 left to write, so I’d say that I am on track. When I sit down and write… Continue reading...
Well, this morning I’ve been feeling somewhat nostalgic and have been looking back on my writing achievements.
It was only really last May (2011) when I decided to attempt to get some of my short stories published. And it all happened so fast!
In early June I had my very first piece of… Continue reading...
So, I now have the deadline for the first draft of Spirit Of Fire #1 to be written by: 30th June 2012. And I’m pleased to say I’m on track, with only about 40k words left to write. Eeek!
Indeed, the more I write of this draft, the more excited I get… I simply… Continue reading...
My Shetland pony, Morjoy Tulip gave birth this morning to Goldsytch Bluebell. And Bluebell is very cute.
In fact, I couldn’t quite believe it when I went down to the field this morning and saw Tulip standing in the rushes with a… Continue reading...
Well, on wednesday night, I rescued a little, tiny baby rabbit from my cat. Poor little Clover, pictured to the left, had ran away from my cat straight into my cat’s stable, and had been chased into the small gap between the tea-chests… Continue reading...
Just a quick post, informing you of the latest regarding my new fantasy YA series which I announced a couple of days ago via twitter and on this site. I have started writing my new series: The Spirit of Fire Series. Check out the series page here. — Yes, I made a quick page… Continue reading...
Well, quite a lot recently!
On 10th March 2012 my seventh short story was published at Daily Love. It’s a fantasy/romance short story. Well, to be honest, it’s more of a vignette. Very short. If you haven’t already read it, you can read ‘It Doesn’t Matter Now’ here for free.
My next… Continue reading...
Often when I write I listen to music. And most often the songs that I listen to have to match the mood of the scene that I’m writing. So I thought that I’d share with you some songs from my playlist for this month.
(If you like the music, please buy it so that… Continue reading... | 1 Comment
Yes, I’m writing a book to add to my writings. So far, it’s just been short stories, but I’ve always wanted to write a novel.
Well, technically, I’ve been writing ‘books’ for ages. I have so many unfinished books and novel manuscripts it’s unbelievable. For months I’ve been working on a new novel idea… Continue reading...
Yes, I now have twitter. Well, to be honest, I’ve had it for just over a year and only ever used it for a short while (about three days) in connection with my animal website, but now I’ve decided to use it for my writing purposes as well. Excellent.
And already I have… Continue reading...
Merry Christmas! Well, technically, I’m three days late with this post, but better late than never, right? Exactly.
So, I hope you’re having an amazing holiday and looking forward to the new year.
My Writing News:
On Christmas Eve I finished draft one of my first young adult fantasy novel. I won’t… Continue reading... | 1 Comment
Recently I’ve been working on four different projects:
- My autobiographical novel, ‘Growing Up At The Goldsytch Stud’.
- The vampire series that I’ve been working on for what seems like years and years…. Recently I had some doubt as to whether I was writing in the right narrative. Originally I wrote the… Continue reading... | 1 Comment
One of the things I love to do is go and look at my favourite writers’ blogs to find out the latest updates from them. So I’ve put together this little article with links to those blogs that I check regularly.
The first blog I’m going to point you to towards is that if… Continue reading... | 1 Comment
What a strange week it’s been…
I’ll start by sharing the news of our latest addition to our pets: an adorable black and white cat called ‘Sparkie’. We believe he was a stray, as he turned up at our farm in poor condition. He’s now put on some weight, got rid of all his… Continue reading...
