The Stylophile
...‘Railroading’, for instance, happens when a writer using such a ‘superflex’ nib exerts pressure too great for the pen’s ink supply to keep up. Only the tines of the nib,...
Lift, Squat And Press
...can do this. When I’m there, I often think about how the discipline of exercise can be applied to writing, and how best I can make that happen. Writing often...
Bridge
...their writing and gain confidence and enthusiasm for their work. Susan Elliot Wright Susan Elliot Wright is the bestselling author of five novels, six non-fiction books, and four health education...
Terms and Conditions of Use
...Conditions without notice. It is up to you to regularly review the Terms and Conditions in case there are any changes. Continued use of the Royal Literary Fund website after...
The Counterfeiters
...printer, made stamps. Tiny things, but beautiful. Intrigued, I read a brief biography of the man, and was shocked — he was a forger. And not just any forger, but...
Women and Writing: The Life You Save May Be Your Own
...I walk past. Does Mr Foggin think I need to lose more weight? I accept the book and hide it at once in my bag. But when I get home...
Writers In Lockdown, part 2
...turned. The Scottish Government issued calm and calming instructions which I willingly followed. Male, fat and elderly, with a couple of ‘underlying health conditions’, I was grateful for every unventilated...
Writing Our Way Home
...looked the same as the first but was different. Her distress. And her homesickness. Homesickness wasn’t, however, new to my mother. She had often talked about how badly she’d suffered...
Typeface
...most importantly of all, I just enjoy doing something I love, using a sturdy, beautiful machine that was made to do one thing well: put words on paper. Typewriters have...
Writers In Lockdown, part 3
...it is just too close. It has taken me two months to begin to think about writing again. What was I doing that was interrupted? Back in rainswept February I...