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Simon Rae – Inspiration
Unplayable, my first novel for younger readers, was inspired by the need to write a bestseller as I teetered on…
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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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Clare Chambers – Writer’s Block
In the afternoons where once I had written, I sat feeling depressed and lethargic. I tried exercise, baking, gardening and…
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Amanda Mitchison – Letter To My Teachers
Of course, I got by far the better end of the deal. Shosh, you proved to be a fantastic teacher.…
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Rags, Bones, and Magic
Gerry Cambridge on personal literary excavations, retrievals and early beginnings as a writer. Gerry Cambridge on personal literary excavations, retrievals…
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Alexandra Benedict – The Writer And Nature
More and more studies are being undertaken on how being by water, and nature in general, help thinking and mental…
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Juliet Clare Bell – Rejection
I was determined to grow a thicker skin and get over the pain of rejection from fellow critique-group members —…
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Brian Clegg
Brian Clegg speaks with Caroline Sanderson about the joys and challenges of writing about science. Brian Clegg speaks with Caroline…
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Clare Morgan – Letter To My Readers
If somebody gave you a book token, you wouldn’t know immediately I was the one you wanted to spend it…
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Caroline Smailes – Killing Your Darlings
The important thing about writing, for me anyway, is to speak from the heart. Integrity’s important. I’m not writing Disney…
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Paul Adam – Getting Published: What No One Tells You
On no account was he to read any of the manuscripts. His job was to open the envelopes, riffle through…
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Umi Sinha – Life Changing Literature
A therapist once asked me who my role models had been. I thought for a moment and then said ‘Books’.…
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Umi Sinha – Classic Book I’d Like To Rewrite
Later generations think that they can judge earlier ones because we who come later must be morally superior, having greater…