You’ll have to take it from me that I started to harbour these heretical thoughts a while ago and certainly before getting wind of the Guardian article kindly summarised by Snowbooks on their blog. But it did come to a head last night when a T.V. advert flited across my consciousness. The perky graphics and … Continue reading Fessing up
Call me cynical, but when a reviewer says that main character or even ‘star’ of a novel is a city or a country, I’ve learned to adopt a certain suspicion. Yes, I can think of dozens of books across both literary and commercial genres where the setting is a hugely memorable element of the story, but not … Continue reading The Glass Room
I worked too long in academia for September not to feel like the start of a new year of work, and although we are still in August, two things happened recently to make me look back and take stock of where I am with my writing. First of all I was fascinated to read on Scottish writer Catherine … Continue reading Could do better
I don’t remember the exact day when this blog began and since a trawl through the oldest posts didn’t really help my research, nor, it appears, does WordPress! But I do remember the circumstances. I had already been blogging for the best part of a year for a golf marketing company which I had found … Continue reading A significant birthday
It has only recently occurred to me that I should think before submitting work to absolutely any magazine or competition who will have me, but when Slingink announced they were unable to award prize money for their July competition, I did stop and work out that if they selected me as a prizewinner , the story would get published; … Continue reading The Last Hurrah
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