Writing Journal

How to Leverage Multiple Perspectives in a Psychological Thriller

This week I’m sharing my thoughts on writing multiple perspectives: always a challenge, but often an extremely worthwhile one!

May 15 •

Writing Journal: On launching a book in two territories at once!

What it’s like to be a few days out from a book release

Mar 29 •

How I made $100,000 dollars from my first novel in just TWO MONTHS (six years after it was published)

Some stories to inspire you to champion your backlist!

Feb 25 •

This is precisely the time when artists go to work...

Let's not forget that in writing, and life, one step backwards can create two steps forwards

Feb 12 •

Plotting diagrams and publishing trends

Plus the words I hope will help me through the year (Writing Journal #10)

Jan 23 •

Do authors have a moral obligation to provide readers with hope?

Plus plotting problems, a poll, and this month's paid subscriber extras (Writing Journal #9)

Jan 23 •

Welcome to The Resilient Author for 2025!

Grounding ourselves, and finding strength and focus for the year to come

Jan 9 •

The Resilient Author wrap-up for 2024

It's been a year of making beautiful connections in ways that AI can only dream of!

Dec 13, 2024 •

My eyes! My eyes! The slow return to deep work and settling my mind

On dialling things down and playing the long game (Writing Journal #8)

Dec 3, 2024 •

Puppies, promo creep and forward planning

Plus building new resources for paid subscribers (Writing Journal #7)

Nov 18, 2024 •

The joy of the finish line!

And why I sometimes find it hard to talk about my books (Writing Journal #6)

Sep 6, 2024 •

Celebrating my first year on Substack

Everything I've learned over the last 12 months

Sep 3, 2024 •

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