Hannah Collins

Hannah is a contributor to the Standoutbooks blog. Since graduating from Lancaster University in England with a joint degree in Fine Art and Creative Writing, she currently splits her time between writing, drawing, designing, podcasting, and working across the libraries of South Wales, where she and her ever-growing comic book collection also live.
How To Write An Epic Battle Scene - Two armies charge towards each other.
Writing
Hannah Collins

How To Write An Epic Battle Scene

Whether it’s a muddy siege on a Medieval castle, rugged cowboys firing pistols from horseback, or a laser-beam shoot-’em-up in another galaxy, a great battle scene is a staple of action stories. High stakes, high body count, and – if it is in space – really, really high up. We’ve covered the fundamentals of writing a

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What Cultural Appropriation Is And How To Avoid It - Two samurai face off. One has created their own armor out of cardboard.
Writing
Hannah Collins

What Cultural Appropriation Is And How To Avoid It

Although a lot has been said about cultural appropriation since it entered mainstream cultural vernacular, accounts are often confusing. There’s a lot of emotion behind whether a work does, or does not, contain cultural appropriation, and those new to the term can often be left no wiser by discussions that focus on a specific work. In fact, you

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How To Get Away With Using Real People In Your Story - Einstein greets a goggle-eyed monster.
Writing
Hannah Collins

How To Get Away With Using Real People In Your Story

You know that famous phrase, ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’? How about, ‘fake it ‘til you make it’? And what about, ‘to the left, to the left, everything you own in a box to the left’? Okay, that last one is totally irrelevant to this article, but still a stone-cold classic from Beyoncé’s

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How To Take The Perfect Author Photo - An author poses for a photograph as if it's a fashion shoot.
Marketing
Hannah Collins

How To Take The Perfect Author Photo

Let’s face it – an author photo is probably the last thing on your marketing to-do list, especially if you’re the kind of person who hides from group selfies or whose mouth just can’t seem to form anything close to a photogenic smile. (My mouth certainly falls into that unfortunate category, by the way.) But, like

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