E is for editing

Some writers love writing the first draft of a novel, where their imaginations can run riot and they can write wherever their muse takes them. Those writers often complain that they then find the endless rounds of rewriting and editing a chore. While I don’t hate the first dra...

I’ve held out for a while, because I knew how agonising it would be, but I’ve finally had a go at the ‘My 9 albums’ thing that’s, ahem, sweeping the internet. The idea is to pick ‘the nine albums that made me’, and that’s where it gets tough – ho...

D is for Denby (Carl).

Having decided to write a book about a young woman whose life is ruined by a song, I knew that getting the songwriter character right would be a crucial factor. I wanted the reader’s view of Carl to change as the book unfolds. Initially, we see him solely through Immy&rs...

C is for Chaplin’s and the Cellar Bar in Boscombe, my very favourite grassroots music venue. While there are numerous Bournemouth venues mentioned in Imogen Imagine, there are a couple of important scenes that take place in Chaplin’s. Both of them are flashbacks that help the reader to u...