Author: Niel
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I was thrilled to read that my first novel, Sorrowline, was mentioned in Rhian Ivory’s top 10 books set in the past and the present article for the Guardian. Here’s what Rhian said: I love and am quite jealous of the unique idea at the heart of this book: you can travel through Sorrowlines, the channels…
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The second edition of Writing & Stuff is now live on YouTube for your pleasure, affection and scorn. This time I talk about character and how sometimes you need to take a step back from your work and figure out what purpose that character serves within your story. Also I visit the Game On exibition…
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I’m trying out a new YouTube series of videos called Writing & Stuff. It’s a regular(ish) series covering my writing process, what I’ve been up to and what I’m reading. Have a look at the first episode here and, if you like it, please do subscribe, hit the like button or leave a comment.
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Have you ever been in a cinema, watching the destruction of a city, and found yourself being bored? It’s an odd sensation. There’s so much to see in front of us, carnage on a scale we’ll hopefully never witness in real life, entire buildings lifted from the ground, ripped apart by superheroes, aliens, military helicopters,…
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Mission accomplished! Draft 4 is complete! It’s taken a month longer than I had originally planned but I’m there now, so who cares how long it took! Structurally the second half of the book is quite different than it was in draft 3, shifting the focus onto the characters rather than the situation. As Steve…