Short Stories and How to Write Them – this book is a hybrid: part anthology and part How To Write. It contains sixteen of my stories, most of them previously published in women’s magazines. Between the stories are discussions on various topics, such as characterisation, dialogue, story structure, finding inspiration, making time to write and many more.
Available as a Kindle ebook for just £1.99
Also available in print from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
Ghost Stories and How to Write Them – this book is another hybrid: part anthology and part How To Write. It contains twelve of my stories, along with discussion on what makes a good ghost story for the women’s magazine market.
Available as a Kindle ebook for just £1.99
Also available in print from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
Give Up Ironing – a Writer’s Guide to Time Management
If you’ve ever wished you could free up more time to write, or be more productive in the time you do have, or need more motivation – this is the book for you. A concise, chatty guide to making the most of your writing time.
Available an an ebook, price 99p
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Kathleen McGurl 
This proved to be an excellent book. I particularly like the explanation of three different types of ghost stories, as this is a very good grounding on which to start one’s first atttempt. You also mention that a ghost can be given a specific power (for the purpose of the story, that is) but not to go over the top with this element.
It cost little and was crammed with really good stuff. Thanks for that, Kath.
Denise Watson.
Denise, thank you for those lovely comments! I am glad you enjoyed the book. There’s another, in a similar format, in the pipeline which I am aiming to publish very soon.
And it’s now published and linked above!
Having bought Ghost Stories and How to Write Them and found it so informative and – as Denise says – crammed with really good stuff I bought Short Stories and How to Write Them. I was not disappointed. Brilliant tutorial and again crammed with really good stuff. If you haven’t already got these – get them :o) x
Thank you, Sue! If you have a moment, why not leave an Amazon review?
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