Anja de Jager, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/anja-de-jager/ Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:14:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 What Happened When I Gave Up My Day Job http://booksbywomen.org/what-happened-when-i-gave-up-my-day-job/ http://booksbywomen.org/what-happened-when-i-gave-up-my-day-job/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:36:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=26108 It’s now been over three years since I gave up my day job to become a full-time writer. I had a high-powered busy job and I travelled extensively for work. The launch of my first novel had to be fitted in around my work travel and felt like yet another chore that I needed to […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/what-happened-when-i-gave-up-my-day-job/feed/ 5 26108 On Writing a Series – Practical Hints and Tips http://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-a-series-practical-hints-and-tips-by-anja-de-jager/ http://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-a-series-practical-hints-and-tips-by-anja-de-jager/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:18:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20353 Everybody loves a series, especially readers – and publishers! – in the crime genre. I’m currently working on the fourth novel in my Lotte Meerman series and for those of you working on a series yourselves, I would like to share some practical tips from my personal experience. Tip 1: Readers will read your books […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-a-series-practical-hints-and-tips-by-anja-de-jager/feed/ 2 20353 Plot-driven or Character-driven? http://booksbywomen.org/plot-driven-or-character-driven/ http://booksbywomen.org/plot-driven-or-character-driven/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:04:01 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14278 I love reading books about writing. It is my number one displacement activity when I should be working on my novel. However, it bugs me how some how-to books split plot and character. Some books even divide genres into plot-driven and character-driven and say that the plot-driven novels are more likely to be ‘commercial fiction’ […]

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