Imagine you're a baker, opening up your shop for your first day in business. Potential new customers file in, eager to sample your breads, pastries and cakes. They walk up to the counter and gaze at the plate of buns. But the buns are lumpy, disfigured and...
One of the things you learn as you continue to write (and read) is that there are very, very few hard and fast rules when it comes to the finer points of the language.Take our natural satellite. My instinct is to refer to it as the moon, but a case can be made that...
No, not that drink. I'm talking about caffeine. I don't know about you, but I have an uneasy relationship with tea – by which I mean the black tea we Brits generally drink. I came down with some kind of virus a week ago which made my mind foggy, but even...
Okay, I confess, I was going to name a Russian character Vlad. I don't know about you, but giving side-characters plausible names is a bit of a mission. But the wonderful folk at Reedsy have made it just a little easier with their Character Name Generator page. On...
Wish I'd Known Then is one of my absolute favourite podcasts for writers. In this episode, Sara Rosett and Jami Albright interview the inspirational Nana Malone on her author life and her experiences as an author of colour.Heartily recommended for a joyful, funny...
Sometimes writing flows freely, and sometimes it’s like a clogged up stream, and all you can do is to keep trudging on in your wellies. Yet, after over 40 novels, I’ve noticed that I almost never get stuck on dialogue. And that dialogue is what I enjoy...
