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Nick Holdstock – Why I Write
Part of the reluctance to answer stems from the feeling that we are not only having to explain why we…
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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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Sally Cline – Letter To My Younger Self
You couldn’t hang back any longer. You had to step in and say something. You already knew what you wanted…
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Donny O’Rourke – How I Write
I can write anywhere, and under most conditions, and yet, despite having motive, means and opportunity, I frequently lack the…
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Joan Lennon – Why I Write
I keep your books in a box under my bed, and when I can’t sleep in the night, I take…
David Kennedy – Why I Write
Nowadays my poetry is much more serious in both intent and content, but I’m still fascinated by the intensities of…
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John Greening – How Writing Changes The Writer
Writing poetry is about tuning in; language is the necessary crystal. Find the wavelength and everything connects with everything.
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Caroline Sanderson – Life-changing Literature
It was life-changing literature because it was morally ambiguous and made we want to probe the author’s philosophy and the…
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Ben Musgrave – Why I Write
As with exercise, if I don’t write for a few days I begin to feel flabby and on edge. It’s…
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Helen Grant – Why I Write
I’m the eldest of four children and I often say that when you’re part of a big family it’s hard…
Paul Sayer – How I Write
My writing Muse, with love in her eyes, was pointing the way to literary paradise. Where could it go wrong?
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Jon Mayhew – My Reading Habits
Every now and then I will start a book with this, “come on then, let’s see what’s so good about…
Lucinda Hawksley – Why I Write
Every type of literature entices me. I genuinely cannot imagine what life would be like without the ability to write…