50 Thousand Words!

My first draft of Equilibrium just passed the 50,000 words! So much more story to go, but a good milestone! http://www.achawkins.com

Yay me! 🙂

40,000 words!

The first draft of my book just passed 40,000 words!
#draft #40k #book

30,000 words!

The first draft of my book just passed 30,000 words! Let’s all raise a middle finger to dyslexia and those who say we can’t! 😉

How To Write With A Day Job

In Defence of Young Adult Fiction

An interesting article was written on the BBC News website for anyone interested in YA fiction 🙂

http://ow.ly/HmWEi

Treehouse?

Amazing what you find of the beaten path! I wonder who lives there?? 😛

Début Novel in the Works

I’m writing my début YA fiction novel. It hasn’t got a title yet, but I have lots of ideas!

Stay tuned to my social networks or sign-up for the newsletter to get early access to sample scenes, chapters and the latest news….. and to find out the title! 🙂

For more info, visit achawkins.com

7 Tips to Kickstart your Day in Front of the Computer

There are few things as important as getting a great start to the day and being able to approach the rest of our waking hours with energy and enthusiasm, but people can often find it quite difficult to get into this frame of mind. This can be especially tough if you need to be creative that morning!

Here are my top 7 tips to help you get geared up when your alarm starts to ring.