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Writing friend Keith Dixon asked me in one of those round robins on Facebook to share five writing tips, but without copying his (curses!). After nine, soon to be ten, books you’d think it would be easy, but the problem is that over that time, I’ve gathered a jumble of writing dos and don’ts. It […] 
Dozy (No offence to ostriches) I love the Internet; its variety, its information, its madness, its connectivity and above all its denizens. I belong to groups, lists and forums, many of them inside Facebook, some on Twitter, some on email. After being on Twitter since 2009 and Facebook since 2011, I’ve sifted out […] Conflict and emotion are two pillars of fiction writing whether in high-end literary fiction or the most melodramatic genre fiction. A story will often start by providing the main character with a conflict, be it professional or personal. Sometimes it’s the place where the initial event is set (weather, nighttime, urban, with unlit streets), a […] I had a very trying day yesterday. Apart from 35C under a roasting sun, it was the climax to a process of several weeks of anxiety, research, much digging, sorting and photocopying, all the result of an ill-advised vote in June 2016. In the wake of the Brexit vote, I have the impression from talking […] |
   
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