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Clare Fisher – Writer’s Block
At some point, the Doom would fade enough for me to jump back into whatever I’d been trying to write…
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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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Caitlin Davies – Letter To My Teachers
She made us choose a poem and learn it off by heart. It would be useful, she said, if we…
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Old Fish Dip And A Cannabis Grinder
Charlie Hill questions his long-held beliefs about what makes effective writing. Charlie Hill on how the closure of a train…
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Mark Illis – Loneliness And The Writer
You don’t need to be gregarious, but you do need to be curious. As Seamus Heaney suggested, we should be…
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Andrew Greig, part 1
Andrew Greig speaks with Doug Johnstone about music leading to poetry, Himalayan climbing and the importance of emotion in his…
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Vayu Naidu – The Writer And Nature
Summer sprinted on with face masks and hand washes, and centuries-old talk about the weather had shifted to Covid. As…
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Leigh Russell – In My Bottom Drawer
I have written at least four full-length novels that will never see the light of day. A couple have been…
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Tamar Yellin – Getting Published: What No One Tells You
Having acquired an agent, you haven’t got it made: that even a top agent can send your book round and…
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Stirred For A Bird
Michael Woods explores British birds of prey as sources of inspiration and metaphor for writers. Michael Woods explores British birds…
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Linda Hoy – My Most Treasured Moments As A Writer
People in books — they’re important. So, when I found a girl in a book who was like me, that…
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Karl Whitney – Why I Write
I could picture the scene clearly. Suddenly what I believed to be an exotic story contained a personal element. I…
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Best Writing Advice, part 2
In our ‘Best Writing Advice’ series, RLF writers share the practical tips that they themselves have found most useful. RLF…