Shelley Dark
Oct 20, 2024
#13 The Publish Button: Press or Panic?
Hello again, my lovely literate legends! Yes, I'm back from the writing trenches, towing a dumpster of mixed metaphors to describe the...
Shelley Dark
Apr 16, 2024
#12 Plotting Publication & Planning a Pilgrimage
Seems about a million years ago I decided to write a novel. Very much like seeing ...
Shelley Dark
Nov 5, 2023
#10 from Sydney skies to publishers' eyes...
Right. Flowers on the desk. Pen and paper. Yep. It's 12.04 pm and it's taken me all day to get ready to start writing. First I lolled...
Shelley Dark
Mar 24, 2023
#9 Son of Hydra's author gets an editor
Holy schemoly where did 2022 go? And now 2023 is almost gone??? And does it matter? Good health is the only thing that matters a toss,...
Shelley Dark
Oct 30, 2022
#8 Shelley Dark author hopes her tarot cards don't lie
I'm sorry I haven't updated you about the novel lately. I thought you'd think, Oh for goodness sake, aren't you published yet? And now...
Shelley Dark
Apr 10, 2022
#7 the case of the disappearing finish line
Where Shelley goes back to the drawing board and a dual narrative...
Shelley Dark
Feb 9, 2022
#6 past the post
I hope nice things have been happening in your life since I wrote to you last. Anything could have happened! Tell me, tell me, in the...
Shelley Dark
Sep 21, 2021
#5 a teeny milestone
It's been a while. The journey continues...
Shelley Dark
Mar 2, 2021
#4 a quick update....
Just a quick update on my novel..... Last September when I wrote my last blog post, I'd finished the first draft, about the lives of two...
Shelley Dark
Sep 19, 2020
#3 How long does it take to write a novel?
A few of you have asked me when my novel will be finished. Good question. Poor answer: I don't know! Let me explain by sharing my...
Shelley Dark
Aug 12, 2020
#2 Hooked...
I just love this place where I sit to write. I'm not distracted by the huge fig trees at my back.....
Shelley Dark
Jul 23, 2020
#1 Writing the novel
Thank you so much for being interested in the process of my novel writing. It's been a journey (both physically and mentally!), and some...