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In ‘Me and my audience’, RLF writers look at the influence of audiences on the actual process of writing. RLF…
I’m a hoarder of ideas. I never throw anything out. No narrative rumination, no half-baked character detail or high-concept pitch.…
As well as learning about history it was good for our reflexes because we had to be on the ball…
‘You’re on New Blood,’ Sam said. ‘Val McDermid chooses four debuts she really likes. It’s exciting.’ ‘Great!’ I said. I…
Miranda Miller explores three books published in 1922 that represent the birth of literary modernism. Miranda Miller explores three major…
What I need is not a room, but a bed of my own, without husband, children, Beatrix Potter, Pingu; outwith…
What I often do is I bombard myself. ‘Collision’ is a word that has always been important to my writing.…
Julianne Pachico speaks with Caroline Sanderson about childhood in Colombia, the influence of horror and suspense in her work, and…
In Tennessee Williams we meet contradictory, faulty, self-destructive, or self-deluding characters, full of dreams and yearning. What a great cocktail…
I avoid like the plague fiction on any current project. I think that would be fatal, in that I might…
Chris Arthur asks whether there’s such a thing as rules for writing and explores the enduring appeal of writers’ rulebooks.…
The creation of a temporary workstation is one of the few parts of the process that I tend to romanticise.…
