A Christmas Tale Once upon a time, in a town far, far away, there lived two people, Sam and Elly. They were writers. Sam wrote fast-selling, humorous non-fiction,… Harry 20 December 2019 3 Comments
The telling detail Alert readers will have noticed that there was an election in Britain yesterday, one that produced an emphatic result. Boris Johnson – love him or… Harry 13 December 2019 5 Comments
The Density Paradigm Lots of novelists think hard about the total impact of their story, their characters-in-plot. That’s right, obviously. Is this ending impactful enough? Does my middle… Harry 6 December 2019 1 Comment
James Law and the diagram of why OK, so my new favourite thing for today? It’s when you’ve been writing professionally for 20 years and still get really excited when a writer… Harry 22 November 2019 3 Comments
How to win at writing So, yesterday was the first of our super-brilliant autumn webinars. Last night’s discussion was about how to self-publish your work: the mindset, the basic model,… Harry 15 November 2019 12 Comments
Roasted chestnuts & a glass of mulled cider My favourite thing? Well, I have a lot of favourite things, but my favourite for today is when you guys ask super-brilliant questions that make… Harry 8 November 2019 9 Comments
Reading for the market A couple of weeks back, I talked about how important it was to gear your book for the market. I don’t mean – and never… Harry 1 November 2019 3 Comments
The world’s oldest book This week: a jump into the past that returns us to an eerily modern place. You’ll see what I mean a little later. But first,… Harry 25 October 2019 3 Comments
A ginger biscuit and a nice cup of tea I got an email yesterday from a writer with a conundrum. Roughly: “I wrote the book my heart wanted me to write and now an… Harry 18 October 2019 9 Comments
What is this life if, full of care … WH Davies was the kind of writer you don’t get so much now. No writers’ groups for him. No self-promotion on Twitter. Born to a… Harry 11 October 2019 11 Comments