Talking about publishing strategy

Apr 11, 2015 | Blog

I’m taking a break from my writing right now, and I want to talk about (read that as ‘speak to someone/anyone’) about what I’m doing, how I’m doing it, and why. I’m writing for an audience, because I want to find readers first. This...

What academics think about writers

Mar 1, 2015 | Blog

This is a response to this blog post about a teacher leaving the creative writing MFA programme and spilling their guts about the award. I couldn’t wait to read this – needing to fire up my computer to do so – but on doing so, it leaves me cringing...

Supporting New Authors

Mar 31, 2012 | Blog, Writing

I’m on a phone! No seriously I am–therefore this will be a short update. Firstly, movellas looks good. I’ll be checking that place out for a while. I’ve even put a chapter up to test it out. A much bigger community than jottify so I/we will...

write out of my head

Feb 3, 2008 | Blog, Writing

I have to admit. I’m struggling now. I feel like I’ve created a monster… a really disjointed, choppy, bitty monster, that needs loads of love and attention to understand, figure out and make sense of. And I’m not looking forward to it....