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Maggie Butt – How I Write
That first phrase or line is like a magnet drawing other words to it and they begin to gather, sometimes…
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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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The Ten Things Required Of A Writer In Order To Write
Charles Jennings describes how he gets down to writing. Every writer has experienced the horror of the blank page. But…
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Horatio Clare – Letter To My Younger Self
University life will be blighted somewhat by a feeling that you can more or less cruise through the degree which…
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Todd McEwen
Todd McEwen speaks with Frances Byrnes about growing up in California, and how this resulted in both abundance and healthy…
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Alicia Foster – How Writing Changes The Writer
There are enough stories of great writers who are impossible to live with to suggest that having writing talent, and…
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Writing And Sickness
Ann Morgan considers the effect of chronic illness on her writing life. Having grown up with a chronic illness, Ann…
Lucy Jago – How I Write
I only turn to the computer once the itch to get writing is very strong, and I worry that they…
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Alyson Hallett
Alyson Hallett shares a writing week which, for a delicious change, is actually dedicated to writing. Alyson Hallett luxuriates in…
Ali Knight – Life-changing Literature
In my spare time I would escape into any book I could find which meant that one day, by chance,…
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The Poor Cousin’s Defence
Brian Clegg wonders why Science Fiction is often regarded as the ‘poor cousin’ of other genres. Science Fiction is still…
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Joan Lennon – Writers Who Inspire Me
I am particularly inspired by writers who approach their work ever so slightly sideways. Just a step, not the whole…
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Penny Black
Penny Black speaks with Frances Byrnes about the influence of teenage summers in Vienna and learning German on her playwriting…