Toni Jenkins, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/tonijenkins/ Sat, 11 Feb 2017 06:56:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Creating Colour In Words https://booksbywomen.org/creating-colour-in-words-by-toni-jenkins/ https://booksbywomen.org/creating-colour-in-words-by-toni-jenkins/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2017 15:05:05 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17738 As a reader, I love to be transported into a world of imagination and my favourite modes of transportation are metaphors, similes and idioms. As a writer, these are also my favourite moments of creativity. I would much rather read about ‘the bruised sky’ than ‘the purple-grey sky’. Of course, the sky is not literally […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/creating-colour-in-words-by-toni-jenkins/feed/ 2 17738 How To Build A Character https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-build-a-character-by-toni-jenkins/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-build-a-character-by-toni-jenkins/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:06:07 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16043 If you type ‘how to build a’ into Google, you’ll be given the options of shed, fence, house, website. (I don’t think it will be too long before ‘girl’ is added to the list due to Caitlin Moran cornering this part of the literary market.) All of these options give guidance on construction and the […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-build-a-character-by-toni-jenkins/feed/ 2 16043 Living The Dream – A Tantalising Taste of Being a Full-Time Author https://booksbywomen.org/living-the-dream-a-tantalising-taste-of-being-a-full-time-author-by-toni-jenkins/ https://booksbywomen.org/living-the-dream-a-tantalising-taste-of-being-a-full-time-author-by-toni-jenkins/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:56:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14873 For a short time a few years ago, I lived the dream of being a full-time author. Not in the traditional sense – there were no agents or publishers nipping at my heels expecting me to meet a deadline. But, nevertheless, living the dream it was. I was made redundant from my job in Dubai […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/living-the-dream-a-tantalising-taste-of-being-a-full-time-author-by-toni-jenkins/feed/ 2 14873 Card Shops and Inspiration https://booksbywomen.org/card-shops-and-inspiration-by-toni-jenkins/ https://booksbywomen.org/card-shops-and-inspiration-by-toni-jenkins/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:05:18 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14877 Like all authors of fiction, I’ve often been asked where I get my ideas and inspiration from. And, like so many others, I reply that I am never short of ideas from the worlds around and within me but there is never enough time for them all to come to fruition. The beauty of writing […]

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