Author Archive: Toni Jenkins
Creating Colour In Words
As a reader, I love to be transported into a world of imagination and my favourite modes of transportation are metaphors, similes and idioms. As a writer, these are also my favourite moments of creativity. I would much rather read about ‘the bruised sky’ than ‘the purple-grey sky’. Of course, the sky is not literally […]
How To Build A Character
If you type ‘how to build a’ into Google, you’ll be given the options of shed, fence, house, website. (I don’t think it will be too long before ‘girl’ is added to the list due to Caitlin Moran cornering this part of the literary market.) All of these options give guidance on construction and the […]
Living The Dream – A Tantalising Taste of Being a Full-Time Author
For a short time a few years ago, I lived the dream of being a full-time author. Not in the traditional sense – there were no agents or publishers nipping at my heels expecting me to meet a deadline. But, nevertheless, living the dream it was. I was made redundant from my job in Dubai […]
Card Shops and Inspiration
Like all authors of fiction, I’ve often been asked where I get my ideas and inspiration from. And, like so many others, I reply that I am never short of ideas from the worlds around and within me but there is never enough time for them all to come to fruition. The beauty of writing […]
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