Immerse yourself in a summer of festivals A Summer of Festivals | Sarah Linley Takeover Some people go to concerts, I go to literary festivals. Authors are my rock stars and… Esther 15 March 2022 0 Comments
Showing, telling, and a truckload of nonsense Showing and telling is probably the topic on which more nonsense is spoken than anything else – but is also an area where, if you… Harry 11 March 2022 11 Comments
The power of narrative That phrase ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’ is mostly horse-dung, right? Right now, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, isn’t asking the west for… Harry 4 March 2022 18 Comments
A hundred ways to fall over Last week, I got an email which said, in effect, “I want to write, but …” I get a load of these emails, maybe dozens… Harry 25 February 2022 3 Comments
The Power of Coming Back Stronger | Natali Juste Simmonds Ask any writer the number one thing you need to become a published author and they won’t answer with ‘a writing degree’, ‘a fancy computer’,… N J 22 February 2022 4 Comments
How many words The length of your manuscript matters. Partly, there’s just a crude commercial standard, varying somewhat by genre, as to how long a book needs to… Harry 18 February 2022 2 Comments
One Small Thing I happened to see a clip of Amazon’s Reacher TV series, based on Lee Child’s bestselling thrillers. And the clip I saw, had Jack Reacher… Harry 11 February 2022 20 Comments
It’s not you, it’s them Oh dear. Every now and then I get an email which is just so annoyingly familiar I want to scream. In this case, a wonderful… Harry 4 February 2022 9 Comments
The joy of new Find your community this month Writing these newsletters is the highlight of my week, so this is a bittersweet one for me as it will… Esther 1 February 2022 0 Comments
The icy leap A few years back, I used to live two or three hundred yards from the Thames. I swam a lot, often a mile or two… Harry 28 January 2022 9 Comments