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Sara Taylor – The Best Advice I Ever Received
What is my purpose? If my purpose is to write, then how does what I am doing in the present…
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Marcy Kahan – My Most Treasured Moments As A Writer
On the first of September I sat down at my desk and two female characters arrived. They were called Antonia…
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Catherine O’Flynn, part 2
Catherine O’Flynn speaks with Bethan Roberts about location, proper jobs and rented offices. Catherine O’Flynn speaks with Bethan Roberts about…
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Martin MacInnes – The Writer And Technology
I’m suspicious of writing straight to screen. The words seem flat, floating off into an insubstantial medium. I’m suspicious of…
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Amanda Dalton – The Writer And Nature
Perhaps I turn to nature not for inspiration for writing, but for escape from it? A kind of mindfulness in…
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Mark Illis – A Day In The Life
There is no typical day. It’s various. It changes and evolves and is likely to keep doing so. This is…
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Lift, Squat And Press
Sarah Jasmon shares the lessons she learned by writing every day for 100 days. Sarah Jasmon examines the parallels between…
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Shelley Silas – Letter To My Teachers
My secondary modern was a fantastically mixed school, with pupils from all over the world and of every religion; my…
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Catherine O’Flynn, part 1
Catherine O’Flynn speaks with Bethan Roberts about sleuthing, adult vs children’s fiction and inner kids. Catherine O’Flynn speaks with Bethan…
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Marcus Chown – Writers Who Inspire Me
I read every Arthur C. Clarke book the Zodiac Bookshop had to offer. Science at school was dull, but what…
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Anne Wilson – The Writer And The City
At the last minute, a prison officer warns me that if my questions elicit further evidence, the prisoner will be…
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Linda Hoy – Killing Your Darlings
With every piece I read, the reasons for rejection did not just stare me in the face, they jumped up…