Early in my writing journey I threw a lot of short stories into competitions, encouraged by other people saying how…
Likely I should have had a more detailed plan before now, but hey … we’ll get there! But what I’m…
As a homework exercise for Dean Writers Circle, I suggested writing a piece in second person, present tense. Not something…
Words of wisdom from Harry Bingham at Jericho Writers. If you haven’t signed up for their newsletter at least, or…
This morning I was listening to Woman’s Hour on BBC 4 as I drove around walking the dog – see…
As someone not keen on technology, I’ve been putting off thinking about how to maximise the reach of my books,…
Last night we had a zoom meeting of our local novel group, a sub-group of Dean Writers Circle. Right now,…
I was very lucky to have a conversation with Imogen Robertson, chair of the HWA, who kindly offered to give…
I recently attended Jane Friedman’s webinar on blogging, to see how to do it better. Here are my six key…
Thrilled that my story Orchard Kingdom – a keen favourite of mine – was awarded first prize in the Ottery…