Whether you’re invited or have submitted a pitch to speak at a conference it’s the same on the day. You have a mass of faces in front of you. You re alone in the arena and the lions are pacing back and forth, tongues salivating. The be-tunicked and be-toga-ed are watching, a smile on their […]
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When we write, we hope that somewhere, in some way, somebody will read it and embrace the message we are sending. When we receive an email from a reader saying they ‘get’ our concept and book world, or when a reader comes up to us at a book event and says it to our face, […]
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Bit of a tricky one, this.
Whatever genre you write, something of you, the author, creeps into your work. Perhaps it’s shades of your opinion, your wishes or even your frustrations. Perhaps you are writing a story that you wish you were living in a far, far away place and […]
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Probably done through ignorance, carelessness or thoughtlessness, this graphic aroused some strong reaction in the digiverse.
Some thought it silly, others were mortally offended. Most were insulted.
I think it springs from a sincere wish to attract mature writers, those who haven’t been able to write a creative work because of family or work commitments […]
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Left to right: Me, Carol Cooper, Jean Gill, Jane Davis, Karen Inglis, Clare Flynn, Lorna Fergusson in April 2024
No, I don’t mean retreating from your writing, but going on a writing retreat.
A retreat implies withdrawing from the world.
A writing retreat implies getting away from the everyday and being able to […]
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