Alex Games
Alexander Games is an author and teacher. He worked for the London Evening Standard for 10 years, writing features and reviewing comedy. He has since written and reviewed for the...
Why I Write
I dashed something off about my then obsession: Aristocrats. My favourite film at that time was The AristoCats; I don’t know if I was confused, or just a terrible snob.
How I Write
If the Muse is playing hard to get, I start with a scene I feel I know better, and if that works, I write another one.
My Reading Habits
An opportunity presented itself to shed ourselves of unwanted or unread titles. I have to say, my wife, who is also a writer, and I, very nearly fell out.
Alex Essay Writing Tool — Additional Resources
...Second Language.’ Zinsser, W. (2009). American Scholar, Winter 2010. https://theamericanscholar.org/writing-english-as-a-second-language/ Do you have a resource you’d like to see added to this list? Email us: alex@rlf.org.uk The links and...
Alex Essay Writing Tool — Additional Resources
...English as a Second Language.’ Zinsser, W. (2009). American Scholar, Winter 2010. https://theamericanscholar.org/writing-english-as-a-second-language/ Do you have a resource you’d like to see added to this list? Email us: alex@rlf.org.uk...
Alex Martin
Alex Martin writes fiction and history. His five novels for children, beginning with Boris the Tomato, took big themes, such as man’s relationship with nature, and worked them in a...
A Chair Of One’s Own
...might never become as popular as bed-hopping, but it’s surely worth a try now and then. Alex Games is an author and teacher. He has written two biographies, a novel...
How I Write
Distractions are endless; from family, friends, bureaucrats, banks, social, and anti-social media. To write, I need to shut all that out.
Letter To My Younger Self
I’m old enough to be your father but in fact I’m your son; the child is father to the man.