My pal, Fletcher Moss, winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2012 for his debut, ‘The Poison Boy’, has tagged me on a Blog Chain. I have to answer four questions and then pass them on to the next in the chain. Fletcher’s answers are here (http://sleepwellandfly.blogspot.co.uk) and I’ll be tagging CJ Flood, author of…
Category: Writing Tips
Writing Character
I hope you’ll find the Hanged Man Rises packed with rich and interesting characters; creepy Mrs Rancer, wild Stitcher, fragile Lily. But the one I had most trouble with was Hannah, the sassy, infuriating, fiercely loyal 12 year old sister of my protagonist, Titus. She didn’t start off that way. This is how she was…
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