I am a WIP
If you, as an author, you may have been asked the same question many times: How do I become a writer? The answer is not simple, but it...
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Francine Beaton
- Feb 25, 2021
- 4 min
Compiling your author CV
Why, you may ask? You’re an author, you don’t need it. You’re right, probably not, but recently I had the rather weird experience to...
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Francine Beaton
- Dec 17, 2020
- 7 min
10 Lessons for Living #LocationFree
Today I am honoured to welcome on my blog, Kate Emmerson. I had the privilege to spend some precious bumtime with Kate last year in...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Zillions, zillionaires and other unfathomable numbers
Can you believe it that we've reached the end of our #AtoZBlogChallenge for April 2020? This brings us to Z and with it Zillions. A...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 22, 2020
- 4 min
Settings for my books
"A setting is one of the most important elements of a good fiction novel. When properly developed, the setting can really bring your...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 17, 2020
- 6 min
New Work
Am I the only one who feels despondent these days, wondering whether you should carry on with this crazy life of publishing your books?...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
My Writing Place
You know when you had something, and you didn't realise how good you had it until it's gone? Yes, almost like freedom of movement and...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
Jakes - My First Love
Oh heck, you don't have to go and tell my husband! He knows all about Jakes! And he knows that Jakes is my MC in my debut novel, Eye on...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Inspiration Boards
I love inspiration boards. My office walls (when I had one), was usually filled with pages and pages of inspiration for all the several...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 9, 2020
- 3 min
Healthy Writers
Photos: Pexels/Canva unless otherwise specified I haven't been the most active person in the world during the last few years. If you look...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Goals and Dreams
This should and will be the shortest post so far. What are my goals and dreams? If I wanted to answer it simply, I would have said: to...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
Favourite Things
Let's get personal today! Today I want to share with you some of my favourite things so you can get to know me a little better. I've used...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 6, 2020
- 6 min
Editing - the bane of my existence
I know, I said my blog today would be called Echoes of my Past, but when I started writing this morning, I just was not in the mood for...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
Distractions, distractions, distractions
I know we all are feeling fidgety, irritated, distracted, and just out of sorts at the moment. We are living in uncertain times, and...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
Creating deeper characters
I guess every author has his or her own tricks on how to develop their characters. In the three years I've been writing, I've used...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Blue Mountain Series
Since I published my first book in 2017, I dreamed of having a proper book launch, like those you see on television and read about in the...
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Francine Beaton
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Autumn Days
When the days become shorter and the nights longer, the leaves turning in beautiful hues of browns, reds and yellows and orange, and the...
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Francine Beaton
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min
A-Z Blogging Challenge 2020 Theme Reveal
This is my first post from my revamped blog site, which I will now post directly from my website. I know, call me crazy or as one of my...
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