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Show and Tell: Advice for Writers
‘Show don’t tell’ is advice often given to writers, but it’s a difficult balance to strike. How do you let your readers know what’s happening if you don’t tell them? It really means that you should...
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My NaNo Experience and What I Can Do For You!
Happy end of NaNo everyone! Congratulations to everyone that gave it a go – winners or not, I’m sure we’ve all gained some new ideas and planted the seeds of some potential literary triumphs! I joined...
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Writer’s Block
A guest post by the fantastic author, C.H. Aalberry My best ideas never seem to make it down onto paper. I walk home with my head full of pictures and witty dialogues, but as soon as I sit down to...
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An Evening with Diane Atkinson: Author of ‘The Criminal Conversation of Mrs...
Happy International Women’s Day! Any regular readers will know that I am a huge fan of women’s history (in fact I wrote a little book of it), so I was delighted to have the chance to listen to Diane...
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What Libraries Can Do For Authors
I wholeheartedly agree with Jorge Luis Borges: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” Libraries are an asset to every community, and particularly to writers. The following...
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Thirteen Thoughts On Dialogue
Readers love dialogue, or so I’ve read; apparently the white space is less daunting than solid paragraphs. In your novel make sure dialogue is achieving something – plot or character development. The...
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“It’s like Virginia and Leonard have just popped out.”
Leonard’s desk. This is what a room steward said to me in the sitting room of Monk’s House, the country home of Virginia and Leonard Woolf. She is completely right. The furniture is theirs, exactly as...
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‘Must Of’ or ‘Must’ve’?
In general, I’m not the sort of person who corrects people unbidden, but every time I see a message with must of in it my pedant urges twitch, and I have to stop myself typing a Google-style “Did you...
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What Happens in a Library When a Beloved Author Dies
The first person to see it on the news uses the library’s internal communication system to send round a message. The person in each library who reads it spreads the message among their colleagues and...
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