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Amaal Said – My Reading Habits
I remember the first book I bought with money I had saved up. Little Bee by Chris Cleave. I read…
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Check out the latest news from the RLF, WritersMosaic highlights, and Collected – our collection of interviews, reflections and articles exploring the literary life and world of writers today.
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Amaal Said – Life Changing Literature
When I discovered House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, I was changed. Her descriptions of the neighbourhood were so…
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Suzannah Dunn – The Best Advice I Ever Received
Writing fiction is, word by word, a balancing act. And, to put it simply, how close to keep to the…
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Jane Borodale – The Perfect Place To Write
I would like a cat without muddy paws, who definitely likes me, to sit at my feet and not on…
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Anna Wilson – The Writer And Nature
January was an unforgiving month. But if you stopped, if you looked, if you listened, there was so much to…
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Amanda Dalton – Letter To My Teachers
I can trace my entire journey to adulthood — to my passions, my career, values, priorities — through you, like…
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Cliff Forshaw – Why I Write
Poetry provides some unique satisfactions; the epigrammatic click of a word locking a couplet, the exact phrase that nails a…
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Marnie Riches – Being Genre Fluid
The willingness and ability to be genre fluid affords you versatility and experience. The market can be brutal. What’s so…
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Stuart Walton – Marketing And Me
You are very much expected to do your own marketing as far as possible. People who draw a salary from…
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Mirza Waheed – In My Bottom Drawer
My mother made inquiries about acquiring a patch of land near the rice paddies and apple orchards not too far…
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Katherine Stansfield – Writers And Deadlines
I had a date when I would hand the book to someone else, and that was a gift. I found…
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Juliet Clare Bell – The Best Advice I Ever Received
When I write my first draft in ‘just a few hours’ out of ‘seemingly nowhere’, I did not of course…