OK, so I’m not holding a seance or anything, but this seems like a good follow-on from my previous post. I find it much easier to write when I’m on holiday, and so in sunnier climes last week I began writing at pace. Like most people, I also read a lot on my hols, and […]
Category: Writing
As someone who is interested in Free culture as well as writing, I was struck when I came across this from a long list of tips for authors: “5 When information becomes free and universally accessible, voluminous research for a novel is devalued along with it”. When I think of my favourite novels (2001: A […]
Found out today that an old uni friend of mine also writes, and has read stuff out loud at an open mic night. Out loud. Cripes, I can barely read my own work to myself silently. Cojones, that man. Respect. Really wish I had more time to write. It’s great to know of someone who’s […]
Very happy with myself today. I’ve done little writing (but this counts, right? ;)) but I’ve been catching up on a couple of writing blogs, and found that I’ve already been putting two of their ideas into practice. Writing this very blog entry is carrying out a third. Larry Brooks is the ‘Story Fixer‘. I […]
I’ve set up this new blog as a kind of diary. That’s almost a cliche isn’t it? But I mean it! I’m a writer, of fiction and non-fiction, but my only outlet at present is the Internet. The Internet is a wonderful place, though: a place to learn how to write, get your stuff seen […]