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Word Counts & Real Life: Why Micro-Targets Might Be My New Best Friend
Setting a word count to write to was uplifting instead of stifling my creativity
Helen Taylor
Sep 9, 20252 min read
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Step Inside the Inner Circle - A New Chapter Begins
Secret case file on the case before Thai Die, delivered to your in box on signup
Helen Taylor
Sep 2, 20251 min read
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The Indie Author’s Minefield: Navigating the Scams That Lurk in Book Marketing
Marketing Scams to avoid as an indie author
Helen Taylor
Aug 26, 20253 min read
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Writing Into Abundance: How Creativity Became My Most Generous Currency
Slowing down to bring in abundance
Helen Taylor
Aug 12, 20252 min read
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Murder investigations & Management Mastery
Managing a corporate team or a police investigation its all the same when it comes to dealing with different characters.
Helen Taylor
Aug 5, 20252 min read
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Ascent to Murder - Lethal Leith Hill.
How Leith Hill and my history with it features in Lethal Leith Hill.
Helen Taylor
Jul 29, 20252 min read
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From Clue to Connection: Psychology, Procedure and the Emotional Depth of Crime Fiction
Exploring the contrasting psychology at play in the alternating DI Matthew Goodwin detective series.
Helen Taylor
Jul 22, 20252 min read
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Mystery Meets Meaning: Venturing into Non Fiction
Crossing the boundary between Crime Fiction and the Non fiction that inspires my writing.
Helen Taylor
Jul 15, 20251 min read
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Writing Series - Outlines, Tmelines or Plots?
Do you need a plotline, timeline or outline for your writing?
Helen Taylor
Jul 8, 20252 min read
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Writing Series - Character planning
Building believable and authentic characters who evolve over time.
Helen Taylor
Jul 1, 20252 min read
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Writing Series - Location, Location, Location part 2
Location as inspiration to be creative and write.
Helen Taylor
Jun 24, 20252 min read
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Writing Series - Location, location, location.
Does the setting of a novel matter? Looked at through the authors eyes I suppose any location can be dark and mysterious, romantic,...
Helen Taylor
Jun 10, 20252 min read
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To Kill or Not to Kill
Mulling over the plot line of my next novel I casually wondered does it have to be a murder? Does somebody have to die? In every good...
Helen Taylor
Jun 3, 20252 min read
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Writing Series - Is publication the finish line?
As an author of a novel, when the final edit before publication is done, when you've crafted your story, reworded it, changed the words,...
Helen Taylor
May 20, 20252 min read
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Recommendation or Review?
Reviews on your novels are important for sales, especially and obviously if they are good ones. When people searching for books in your...
Helen Taylor
May 13, 20252 min read
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Giveaway or Reward?
One lucky reader will receive the third in the DI Matthew Goodwin detective series 'Aloha Goodbye' in the format of their choice in June....
Helen Taylor
May 6, 20252 min read
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Writing Series - Grounding, regulation and nature
You may be thinking what do grounding, nature and regulation have to do with writing? And aren't they all the same thing? The...
Helen Taylor
Apr 29, 20252 min read
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Writing Series - Editing a manuscript
Jumping to some of the final aspects of writing a novel this article in the Writing Series is all about Editing, as that is where I am...
Helen Taylor
Apr 22, 20253 min read
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Writing Series - Why set a novel in Thailand?
Not all authors always loved English or writing. I hated it! I was an avid reader enjoying everything I could get my hands on to do with...
Helen Taylor
Apr 15, 20252 min read
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Writing Series - Why Crime Fiction?
As an author I wanted to do a series of blogs letting you know a bit more about my writing journey. This series will run alongside 'The...
Helen Taylor
Apr 8, 20252 min read
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