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  • What took you so long?

    If you follow me on Twitter, or follow this blog, you may have seen over the last couple of weeks that I FINALLY finished the first draft of my first… Read more

  • Jacob’s Dream: Book 2 of the Eternity Mirrors Series – Available NOW for Pre-Order

    The wait is almost over! Jacob’s Dream: Book 2 of the Eternity Mirrors is now available for Pre-Order on Amazon Kindle, which means it’s only a few short weeks away… Read more

  • The Forgotten Fairground – Available Now on Amazon Kindle

    It doesn’t seem like any time at all since I announced I would be publishing my first Novella, The Forgotten Fairground… Read more

  • #CharacterCharades

    I am celebrating this week! I have been struggling with one of the characters in my current Work In Progress, but I have finally had a break-through in his development… Read more

  • Character Agency

    Over the coming weeks, I will be spending some time looking at character types. Before I get into that, let’s think a bit about Character Agency. If you are not… Read more

  • Insomnia

    Introduction This will be my last After Ever After story for a little while. This one I have taken one of my own favourite fairy tales as the jumping-off point… Read more

  • The Spinster Queen

    Introduction Please note that ‘Spinster’ in the title is using the original meaning of the word, i.e. a woman who spins, rather than the modern meaning of an unmarried woman.… Read more

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bairns

    Introduction This short story was written for my sister, after she nominated Brave as her fairy tale/Disney film of choice. If you didn’t catch last week’s post, in Christmas 2018… Read more

  • After Ever After

    Introduction For Christmas 2018, I asked my family to name their favourite fairy tale or Disney film, and from their answers I wrote a short story for each of them… Read more

  • 2020: A Year of Vision

    Just after New Year’s Day had dawned, my dad made the comment that 2020 was going to be the Year of Vision. He was making a joke on the fact… Read more

  • Dialogue 2.0

    Just over a year ago, my best friend and fellow writer, Sarah Jayne Tanner, kindly wrote a guest post for me on the subject of Dialogue. It was such a… Read more

  • Welcome Back To rachfarrimond.com!

    Hi everyone! I’m back. Whether you’ve missed me or not, it is good to be getting back into the Blogosphere… Read more

  • Kevin

    A little while ago, I wrote about choosing a Narrative Voice for your story. One of the aspects I looked at was person, with 1st and 3rd person being the… Read more

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