The probable and the plausible I watched a film on TV the other night. The film was Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, a thriller dealing with the drugs trade on both sides… Harry 19 July 2019 10 Comments
Stick or Twist? Those first novel dilemmas As it happens, it’s the Festival that gives me my entry to today’s topic. A few year’s back, our keynote speaker was the brilliant Antonia… Harry 12 July 2019 5 Comments
Why bad reviews make me happy August 4 2017, I got this terrific review from a reader named Anne Hill in the US. THE MOST BORING BOOK EVER WRITTENI’m afraid this… Harry 5 July 2019 0 Comments
How To Title a Book Of all the writing habits I have, one of the worst – the worst from good financial sense point of view – is that I… Harry 28 June 2019 111 Comments
The power of the list Here are two facts about this ambition / profession of ours that can look daunting: It’s damn hard to write a good book It’s damn… Harry 21 June 2019 2 Comments
New York Gets Daunted Usually, on Thursday afternoon or so, I start pondering what I’m going to write about on Friday. This week: no pondering. There’s only one thing… Harry 14 June 2019 6 Comments
Fractals, scenes and the bones of the fallen I’ve been reading a terrific guest post on our blog by our Craig Taylor. (And actually, “guest post” doesn’t feel like quite the right term,… Harry 7 June 2019 4 Comments
Late nights and leakages I had plans for today, plans that involved some interesting and actually useful work. But – Our boiler sprang a leak. Even with the mains… Harry 31 May 2019 10 Comments
The Secret of Style Voice. It’s the secret sauce of writing. The magical herb that transforms your stew. It’s the leaf of gold in a martini. The lemony brightness.… Harry 24 May 2019 2 Comments