Joanne Anderton

If this novel draft is a house, then this revision is the kind of renovation where the only thing that stays the same are the numbers out the front.

Eeek, I know, analogy torture.

I’ve come to the weighty decision that the structure of the entire beginning is wrong. Time to cut, rearrange, paste then smooth over [...]

Midnight Echo 3 is nearly here and looks suitably creepylicious! Can’t wait to see it.

In other news, I’ve had a minor back injury relapse. Not so bad I can’t sit and type, but bad enough to stop me sleeping soundly. Physio tortured me for a while today and hopefully we have caught it before it [...]

My scalpel is bloody. Just over 5000 words lie cut on the floor.

I have fuzzy eyes from too much computer time, and an achy back.

Have some errands to run, they can be my break from the screen.

There’s always more to do

*stands up*

Hi, my name is Joanne and I’m obsessed with food.

I don’t eat when I’m upset, or lonely, although I have noticed a tendency to munch away the boredom. I just love food. I love buying it (Mmmm fresh fruit and veg) I love cooking it and boy, do I love eating it. If my [...]

Debris is stalking me again. It is almost revision time. I have started dreaming about it. I find myself writing new scenes to music in the car. I know the signs.

My gorgeous beta-readers have given me juicy, chewy, yummilicious notes to work with. I have printed these, I have scanned them. My fingers itch for [...]