Reposted after update 2024
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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Today I’m delighted to welcome writing friend Jane Davis back to the writing blog. I’ve loved her books; they regularly appear in my best books of the year round up. Her first novel, ‘Half-Truths and White Lies’’, won a national award established with the aim of finding the next Joanne Harris.
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Yes and no.
Writing a novel is creative – you have to have a purpose, some characters and a setting which all interact. Throw in a triggering act to stir them all up and get the story going. Storytellers have known this since the year dot.
A modern novelist is basically a storyteller with a […]
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