Before, during and after my ‘escape’ from a toxic, abusive and unhappy marriage on my fortieth birthday, I found solace…
So, I’m going to have another go at National Poetry Writing Month (Write 30 poems in 30 days) This will…
Part of my work is supporting writers on my creative writing courses with knowing how to put their all-important book…
Here is part 8 of my blog series which answers the question ‘Why do we stay for so long?’ This…
Here is Part Six of my blog series, ‘Why Stay for So Long?’ This question has been regularly asked of…
It could be said that an unofficial ‘contract’ is made between an author and their reader upon the purchase of…
Approaching Your Short Story Stage One ‘Brainstorm’ your theme or idea. Make a list or ‘mindmap’ of initial thoughts to…
Here is part six of my blog series ‘why do we stay so long?’ I am writing this series in…
Click this link to hear my recent interview which included music from my recent book launches and readings from ‘Poetry…
Assuming you have got to know your character and have a skeleton outline of the story that will become your…