Ask the Author: Merren Tait
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Merren Tait
The stimulation and sense of fulfilment I get from being creative. Writing makes me very happy. It's not the potential to make money that drives me, it's the creative process.
Merren Tait
Read as much as you can. Reading is a very valuable learning experience, especially if you also read outside of the genre you write in. It will help you acquire a unique writing voice.
The best thing I did as an inexperienced writer was get professional feedback on each serious redraft. Hire a developmental editor or a manuscript assessor. It is a bit of a cost, but it is absolutely money well spent. You can have the best cover, the best blurb, the best marketing plan in the world, but if the product is no good, you won't find an audience.
The best thing I did as an inexperienced writer was get professional feedback on each serious redraft. Hire a developmental editor or a manuscript assessor. It is a bit of a cost, but it is absolutely money well spent. You can have the best cover, the best blurb, the best marketing plan in the world, but if the product is no good, you won't find an audience.
Merren Tait
The second novel in The Good Life series, The Songbird Plot, and a novella, which will be in the same series. They are stand alone stories, so completely different characters from The Year of the Fox, but just as funny.
Merren Tait
By relaxing and not forcing it. Ideas that have been evading me often emerge in the shower, in bed, when I'm out for a walk or doing something I enjoy that requires little thinking. You have to trust that your brain will produce the goods when it's ready. I often leave scenes or plot points that I'm stuck on and come back to them much later.
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