{"id":460,"date":"2013-12-22T19:36:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T17:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=460"},"modified":"2014-01-03T17:21:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T15:21:45","slug":"writing-process-blog-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"Writing Process Blog Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My thanks to Elizabeth Hanbury for asking me to be part of this. Her work and her lovely blog can be found at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/elizabethhanbury.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/12\/my-writing-process.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’ve ever wondered how writers do things, this writing process blog tour may offer some answers!<\/p>\n

What am I working on?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a good question! Sometimes I really wish I could stick to one project at a time. Since I got my contract with Harper Impulse, life\u2019s been a bit of a whirl. I always write out a To Do List (I love lists and sometimes do the old trick of putting something on it, simply to enjoy ticking it off. Feels so good!) For\u00a0starters, I\u2019d earmarked a partly historical dual narrative, which has languished unfinished for some time now. However, with The Rumba being published, I\u2019m now trying to write a fourth novella in the Say it with Sequins series. This one promises to be a little different though. So far, it has a public school, rugby playing hero, who is a bit shambolic. I keep getting an image of the detective Columbo in my head and it\u2019s soooo not the look I\u2019m after for my leading man!<\/span><\/p>\n

How does my work differ from others of its genre?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never been the sex and shopping sort of a girl. I wouldn\u2019t know a Manolo Blahnik if its stiletto heel hit me in the face. And I\u2019ve always read very widely. I love biographies, Jane Austen, thrillers (favourite author being Phil Rickman), ghost stories, myths and legends, as well as many genres of fiction. <\/span><\/p>\n

When I first began writing, I was incredibly disappointed in my \u2018voice\u2019. I thought I\u2019d write fairly highbrow literary stuff. Out came this chick-lit style that was more diet Jane Austen than the real thing. It stopped me writing anything for a while. Then I realised it was how I write, accepted it, moved on and enjoyed it! I\u2019m not arrogant enough to think my writing is particularly different to others of its genre. I enjoy writing about softer heroes, not quite as alpha male as in some books. Maybe that\u2019s a difference?<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do I write what I do?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Part of the answer to this one is in the comment above. As I\u2019ve said, I read widely \u2013 and enjoy a range of films, plays and television. The thing that really draws me into whatever I\u2019m reading or watching, is social interaction and if that\u2019s romantic, then even better. Writing romantic fiction makes sense for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

How does my writing process work?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

I wish I knew! Often it begins with a couple of characters who stay in my head and refuse to leave. Gradually, a setting appears for them but rarely a plot. I\u2019m happier writing character based stories than plot based. One novel, begun but not finished, lost my interest, as it was too plot heavy. <\/span><\/p>\n

The next thing that happens is the first draft. This is the fun bit, the \u2018fire in the belly\u2019 part of the writing. This is when the head is down, the fingers fly over the keyboard and my hands can\u2019t keep up with the ideas flowing. Wonderful. The next part isn\u2019t quite so much fun \u2013 the second draft. It\u2019s when I realise how much work I still have to do. If I can, I\u2019ll put it away then, to take out and rewrite again. Sometimes I don\u2019t have that luxury. <\/span><\/p>\n

Writing takes me ages, I\u2019m very slow and guilty of fiddling and changing things, only to change them back again. I hate the final edits, as I\u2019m not keen on going back to something I consider finished and ticked off my list!<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve nominated the talented Carmel Harrington for the next blog, which will appear on the 30th<\/sup> December. <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/carmelharrington.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a little about Carmel:<\/span><\/p>\n

With my husband Roger and two beautiful children Amelia and Nate, I live a pretty idyllic life in Ireland, full of stories, songs, hide and seek, Mickey Mouse, walks on the beach, tickles, kisses, chocolate treats and most of all abundant love. To make life even more perfect, I have now fulfilled a lifetime ambition to be a writer as I am both a published author and a playwright. I believe in Happily Ever Afters because that\u2019s what happened to me.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy, romance reading, New Year. Thank you for buying, reading, reviewing and supporting me in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to a wonderful 2014. May all your dreams come true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love,<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgia x<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My thanks to Elizabeth Hanbury for asking me to be part of this. Her work and her lovely blog can be found at: http:\/\/elizabethhanbury.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/12\/my-writing-process.html\u00a0 If you’ve ever wondered how writers do things, this writing process blog tour may offer some answers! What am I working on? That\u2019s a good question! Sometimes I really wish I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[153,55,135,39,152,70,146,151],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-carmel-harrington","tag-elizabeth-hanbury","tag-harper-impulse","tag-jane-austen","tag-manolo-blahnik","tag-phil-rickman","tag-say-it-with-sequins","tag-writing-process-blog-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}