Charlie KingOct 7, 20203 minShow, don't tell: a beginner's trap for writers and authors.Showing, not telling. Now this is a problem that many first time writers are guilty of, including me. In fact, even when I heard it was a...
Charlie KingAug 14, 20205 minThe Lyons Orphanage reviewYou go through a lot of cycles with your book from start to finish, to publication, to distribution about how you feel about it. When I f...
Charlie KingAug 5, 20204 minWriting a book: Planning your plot, characters and book size.So, you’ve got an idea for the plot of the book, now you have to work out how the plot will play out. You can have the best one-sentence ...
Charlie KingJul 13, 20204 minMaking your main character the most interesting character in your book.It's a given that the main character of your book will be central to the story and its development but that doesn't automatically make th...
Charlie KingMar 12, 20203 minReflections of a wannabe authorIt's been three years since I self-published my first book, The Lyons Orphanage and I published the sequel, The Lyons Legacy the followin...
Charlie KingJun 23, 20174 minDebut Novel Release: Three Months On.So, it’s been three months since I announced the release of my debut novel The Lyons Orphanage. The sites will say it was out since 8th M...