Workshops and Websites |
"There's No Place Like Home"I'm running a creative writing workshop at this year's Lowdham Book Festival, from 10.30 - 11.30am on Saturday 27th June.Come along and learn how to transform childhood mem...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 02:57:00 GMT |
Help Save Salt |
As you may have gathered, I'm a huge supporter of independent publishers. As the mainstream plays increasingly safe and so grows ever-narrower, it's frequently the small presses who champion the uniqu...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 14:26:00 GMT |
Playing Drafts (1) |
Its been over a month since I completed the first draft of my third novel, The Lives of Ghosts.For me, having some space between completing a draft and beginning to read and edit is essential. My o...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 13:59:00 GMT |
(but what if I'm not really a Writer?) |
What if Im just Deluded?And no one will ever read another word that I write?(have I lost you already?)I think that -Id still have the stories in my headId still want to explore those people, and th...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT |
A Walk in the Park wih the BBC |
'My favourite way in is on foot, through the quietly rustling Parkside entrance. There is something almost fairytale about passing through one small, creaking gate and then another, and in the spring,...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:23:00 GMT |
Fiona Strikes Back |
I sent Fiona Robyn 'How We Were Lost' while I was reading her wonderful debut, 'The Letters'.Fiona not only read my novel, she has also written a review!(Thank you Fiona)You can find the review on her...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:30:00 GMT |
An Interview with Fiona Robyn |
Fiona Robyns debut novel The Letters has been recently released by Snowbooks.It is a compelling and finely written story, which links a contemporary womans unique, mid-life journey of self-discove...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:17:00 GMT |
About Last Night |
Hurrah! We did it!!My heart was banging, but I managed to sneak in there amidst lots of Proper Authors, including the very fabulous Shanta Everington. And I didn't fall over. Or even spill my wine.Las...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:32:00 GMT |
The End is (almost, sort of) Nigh |
So Im coming to the end of the first draft of novel number three. There are only two more chapters left to write, I know (more or less) what needs to happen and Im even still in first-draft-love w...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:28:00 GMT |
'Exclusively Independent' Guest Blog |
The lovely people at Legend Press asked me to write a guest blog in the run-up to next week's 'Exclusively Independent' event - so today I am blogging over here, discussing the journey of my first nov...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:21:00 GMT |
