The Pigeon
My running partner saw the pigeon first. It was flapping a broken wing to try and right itself, stuck...
Read MoreA word on motivation for writing a novel
When do you know you’re ready to write a novel? I say novel, rather than book, because although other...
Read MoreNon-fiction piece published in Swamp 14
Pleased to have a piece published in the new issue of SWAMP writing, published out of the University of...
Read MoreWriting in Iowa City
Saturday 29th March, 804am, Heirloom Java House, Iowa City There are a couple of Japanese girls at the table...
Read MoreThe vague feeling of love
(A short exercise in “putting the problem into the writing” based on a character from my novel.) The vague...
Read MoreRead your work out, listen to who you are
It’s Susan Orlean’s number one tip for editing. It’s Joanna Penn’s must do for final review. And Hugh Howey...
Read MoreThe 40 x 40 list; a writer’s utopia of habits
I have a small silver box full of post-it notes. Written on those post-it notes are ideas I’ve had...
Read MoreFilling the wobbly vase at 40
Hello. Happy New Year. I’m working on a fun idea for my 40th year. A few months ago, while...
Read MoreIt turns out Not-Writing is not Writing
I set myself the task of completing seven non-writing actions to move me towards a professional writing career.Here was...
Read MoreMurakami on Writing, Running
The thing I notice most about novelist Haruki Murakami’s style is this: a sense that when I pick up...
Read MoreSave Our Woods
Save Our Woods is a grassroots organisation that was born in 2010 to ensure that our public forest estate...
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