Hazel Gaynor, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/hazelgaynor/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:26:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How To Be Patient, or “Why Hasn’t Your Book Been Made Into A Movie?” https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-be-patient-or-why-hasnt-your-book-been-made-into-a-movie-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-be-patient-or-why-hasnt-your-book-been-made-into-a-movie-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2018 06:52:18 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=24143 Since becoming a writer, I slightly dread family gatherings. In many ways, “How’s the book going?” is a perfectly normal question to ask, but it isn’t an easy one to answer. I reply with variations of “great, thanks”, but I’m really thinking, which book? The one I’m drafting, the one I’m copy-editing, the one just […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-be-patient-or-why-hasnt-your-book-been-made-into-a-movie-by-hazel-gaynor/feed/ 3 24143 Are Two Heads Better Than One? https://booksbywomen.org/are-two-heads-better-than-one-by-hazel-gaynor-and-heather-webb/ https://booksbywomen.org/are-two-heads-better-than-one-by-hazel-gaynor-and-heather-webb/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2017 05:00:57 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20454 Writing is a solitary and very personal process. Alone at our writing desks, we struggle with word count and plot, accompanied only by our self-doubt and bull-headed determination. No wonder the prospect of sharing some of that isolation with another writer is so appealing, and yet collaboration is a relatively rare, and slightly mythical form. […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/are-two-heads-better-than-one-by-hazel-gaynor-and-heather-webb/feed/ 0 20454 Making Fairytales – On Writing the Book I was Meant to Write https://booksbywomen.org/making-fairytales-on-writing-the-book-i-was-meant-to-write-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/making-fairytales-on-writing-the-book-i-was-meant-to-write-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:24:57 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=19716 The origins of a book fascinate me. How do writers have such clever ideas? Why don’t I have them first? How dare someone write a bestseller with an idea I had five years ago and never did anything about?! (It happens to us all, right?) But when it came to writing my fourth novel, a […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/making-fairytales-on-writing-the-book-i-was-meant-to-write-by-hazel-gaynor/feed/ 2 19716 How To Find “The End” https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-find-the-end-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-find-the-end-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:03:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15604 I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. – Erica Jong Starting things is easy, right? Relationships, diets, runs, New Year’s resolutions – we dive in, full of enthusiasm. Of course we’ll stick to it. Of course we’ll see it through. Sadly, the finishing bit […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-find-the-end-by-hazel-gaynor/feed/ 3 15604 The Invisible Days https://booksbywomen.org/the-invisible-days-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-invisible-days-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2016 09:52:53 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14964 I read somewhere recently that writing a book is like telling a joke and having to wait two years to find out if it is funny. It’s a painfully accurate analogy that made me laugh and wince with recognition at the same time. Writing, you see, is a curious profession. A single day can bring […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-invisible-days-by-hazel-gaynor/feed/ 9 14964 Write for Victory! https://booksbywomen.org/write-for-victory-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/write-for-victory-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2015 06:00:35 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13147 Apologies in advance for starting this post with a negative thought, but it has to be said: there is a lot of disappointment in the business of writing. It is an inescapable part of the job which can make it difficult (to say the least) to keep moving forward, to keep trying, to keep writing. […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/write-for-victory-by-hazel-gaynor/feed/ 3 13147 Why writers must ‘Lean In’ too https://booksbywomen.org/why-writers-must-lean-in-too-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/why-writers-must-lean-in-too-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12238 It is now five months since the publication of my debut novel. Five months. That’s all. I am a mere baby in a world full of writing grown-ups, who have double-figure novels to their name and impressive awards to add to their author bio. And yet, in those few months, I have learnt so much […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/why-writers-must-lean-in-too-by-hazel-gaynor/feed/ 16 12238 Ten Ways to Get Writing https://booksbywomen.org/ten-ways-get-writing-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/ten-ways-get-writing-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:09:33 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10744 It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s very windy/snowy/rainy/* (*delete as appropriate). It’s 9am and you’re staring at a blank screen and wishing that pesky little cursor would stop hopefully winking at you and write your book all by itself. Maybe I’ll just make another pot of coffee before I start, you say. Perhaps I’ll just write […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/ten-ways-get-writing-by-hazel-gaynor/feed/ 20 10744 Writing in Stolen Time: 10 Ways to Create Time (Literally)! https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 13:28:09 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025 ‘How on earth did you find time to write a novel? You’ve got kids!’ This is a question I have been asked frequently since publishing my debut novel, The Girl who Came Home. I sometimes wonder myself! But, having wondered, I’ve realised that when you have a passion to do something, there isn’t much which […]

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