I recently came across this article in The Atlantic, entitled ‘Why the British Tell Better Children’s Stories‘. Its main premise is that classic British children’s books are almost all fantasies – such as The Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, Winnie-the-Pooh, Peter Pan, The Hobbit, James and the Giant Peach, Harry Potter, and TheContinue reading “Why the British tell better children’s stories (or do they?)”
Category Archives: Writing
New Year giveaway
Happy New Year all! I hope that 2016 has so far been good to you. To celebrate, I’m running a special giveaway. If you sign up to my mailing list in January you’ll go in the running to win a signed copy of Greythorne or a $25 Amazon gift voucher. The prizes will be drawnContinue reading “New Year giveaway”
Twine and Slate
As I may have mentioned before, I love storytelling. And one of the most exciting things for me about the way technology is currently evolving is the proliferation of new storytelling tools. I’ve recently started playing around with two of these: Twine and Adobe Slate. They do very different things but are both veryContinue reading “Twine and Slate”
Anatomy of a Novel Part 3: Road trip
In this series of posts I’m going to be giving you a warts-and-all look at the process of writing my next novel. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. A couple of weekends ago we had to go to a wedding at Camden, which is a smallish town at the northern end of theContinue reading “Anatomy of a Novel Part 3: Road trip”
The launch
Last Friday night, Greythorne was officially launched at Paperchain Bookstore by award-winning Canberra horror author Kaaron Warren, and I may be biased but I think it went splendidly. Kaaron and I had a bit of a Q&A about the writing process and what inspired Greythorne, then I read a couple of excerpts, including the descriptionContinue reading “The launch”
Anatomy of a Novel Part 2: Post-project blues
In this series of posts I’m going to be giving you a warts-and-all look at the process of writing my next novel. Part 1 can be viewed here. A couple of days after I wrote about unexpectedly bombing out of NaNoWriMo, this article from ArtsHub, ‘Eight ways to deal with post-project blues’, fortuitously popped upContinue reading “Anatomy of a Novel Part 2: Post-project blues”
Anatomy of a Novel Part 1: Learning to be kind
In this series of posts I’m going to be giving you a warts-and-all look at the process of writing my next novel, an Australian Gothic thriller tentatively titled The Dark Before the Dawn. The first week of NaNoWriMo is over, and to be honest it’s been a bit of a bust for me. I haveContinue reading “Anatomy of a Novel Part 1: Learning to be kind”
Writing with tomatoes
It’s November 1, which means NaNoWriMo has started, and I’ve had to bite the bullet and begin my new novel. I’m now remembering all the reasons I both love and hate writing the first draft. I love it because it’s really exciting watching a story unfold before you – seeing the characters develop in unexpectedContinue reading “Writing with tomatoes”
The next novel
In much the same way that people start asking you when you’re having kids about six months after you get married, now that Greythorne is out I’m starting to get questions about the next book. Unlike the kid question, however, the timing is kind of perfect, because I’ve been turning over ideas for my next novelContinue reading “The next novel”
Book launches, parties, anything…
So I’ve now got a launch date for Greythorne – Fri 27 November, 6pm, at Paperchain Bookstore in Manuka, Canberra (more info available on my Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/lmmerrington). I guess the only thing to do now is actually organise it, which is exciting and terrifying in equal measure. There’s so much information out there aboutContinue reading “Book launches, parties, anything…”