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You need chronic, spontaneous distractions, but only when you want to be distracted. Shopping for clothes works best. You need…
Chris Arthur on his lifelong love of haiku. Chris Arthur reflects on his enduring love of the Japanese form, haiku,…
Have confidence and believe in yourself as a writer just as much as you believe in your characters and the…
Shyama Perera speaks with Ann Morgan about journalism versus fiction, racism and her love of music and teaching. Shyama Perera…
I can no longer write in libraries, being too dependent on my own bookshelves, files and other research materials; a…
Why make the reader feel that characters are made to be together, and then drop them – us – in…
In the end, my only way out of this crisis was to make Tony’s next chapter, Chapter Eighteen, a blank…
Rose Collis on career transitions and teenage poems. Rose Collis explains the full-circle of her writing and performing career, and…
I can remember the woman who was moved by my depiction of bipolar disorder to seek her own diagnosis. I…
Becca Heddle on why she finds phonics fascinating. Becca Heddle on the challenges and pleasures of writing educational books for…
When I read Clette my expectations changed; in barely more than a hundred pages, she conjures up a world of…
Self-expression is likely less universal to all artists; for me, it’s essential. In my best pieces, something is at stake…
