Tag Archives: ideas for novels

A New Beginning?

Posted on January 7, 2021 by hcannam

‘A Hidden Fire’ is launched on the world, after years in the making. Time now to take down the yellowing, faded notes and reminders blu-tacked above my desk and get ready for the next work in progress. It all feels … Continue reading →

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Writer’s holiday?

Posted on July 1, 2017 by hcannam

A busman’s holiday is one that involves doing the same thing that you do at work. Maybe writers are a bit like busmen—however hard they try they can never really leave that essential part of themselves behind. We’d had a … Continue reading →

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Taming the ‘wild child’

Posted on May 19, 2015 by hcannam

Bestselling author Wendy Robertson calls it the ‘wild child’. A good name, I think, for the impulse a writer draws on for the first draft of a new novel. Wendy herself does her first drafts in longhand, with pen and … Continue reading →

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A Kind of – Ending?

Posted on May 26, 2014 by hcannam

At long last! After almost two years, every one of my out-of-print back titles has at last been scanned, edited, sometimes revised, and finally converted to ebook format. All 19 of them are now launched in the Kindle store, along … Continue reading →

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A long time to write…

Posted on May 19, 2014 by hcannam

There are a couple of questions writers are often asked – ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ and ‘How long does it take you to write a book?’ The first question has no definitive answer – except ‘I don’t … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Block

Posted on December 3, 2013 by hcannam

It all comes back to me now. It’s not just the story you revisit when you edit a novel for conversion to an ebook. It’s also the emotions, thoughts, experiences, everything that was tied up with the writing of it. … Continue reading →

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