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Had some literary giant gatecrashed? No; it was the footballer Rio Ferdinand, who had presumably wandered in by accident. He…
Keats describes his exact bodily position as he is writing, with his back to the fire, one foot on the…
The business side of things – knowing how to file your taxes, claim back your expenses, or manage your income…
If there’s one thing more luxurious than being paid to write, it’s being paid to talk about your writing. Literary…
Deadlines in the theatre, in my experience, are more negotiable. But they are vital. Nothing concentrates the mind like the…
I’m well aware that in my efforts to be ‘the world’s amanuensis’ I can only convey a tiny fraction of…
Richard Ford inspires me. When I read him, I want to be a better father, a better man and a…
Eventually, you’ll forgive the person who thought it would be character building to bang you up in a convent school…
I book-end my talk with a spacey slide show set to Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ and David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’.…
Ghost-writing books and columns for celebrities; booking guests onto TV chat shows won’t help you become a first-class screenwriter or…
Sometimes writer’s block and unrealised projects amount to the same thing. Research takes over, the idea dwarfs the actuality. Sometimes…
Years passed and I did not write the novel. During this time my contact with the agent became more sporadic…
