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Caitlin Davies – Writer’s Block
Most often I get stuck at the ends and beginnings and of chapters. I can’t start the next chapter until…
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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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Elanor Dymott – Letter To My Readers
The routes to possession of a book are many and various; you might, for example, have stolen it. The routes…
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Maria McCann – How Writing Changes The Writer
When I simply consumed books with no aspiration to write one, every novel was a plus. It existed only to…
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Morgen Witzel – Letter To My Younger Self
Be outrageous! When I was your age my writing was very conventional. I wouldn’t offend anyone or express any controversial…
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Shelley Silas – Writers Who Inspire Me
Novels, depending on the genre, allow the reader to bring much of their own personal life to their stories, whereas…
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Alex Martin – The Best Advice I Ever Received
I was writing my first novel, a convoluted, pretentious and, as it turned out, unpublishable thriller. “How do you feel…
Nicholas Murray – Letter To My Readers
In an increasingly homogenised and uniform world rare and distinctive voices are especially needful. In an increasingly homogenised and uniform…
Katherine Stansfield – How I Write
Between my laptop and a thriving aloe vera plant is my hand-drawn map of the world of my current novel;…
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Sanjida O’Connell – Life-changing Literature
I feared these books would be dull, staid and part of the establishment that I was so busy rebelling against;…
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Ray French – Marketing And Me
Would I be guilty of destroying the serious intent underneath the humour, with this ‘coffin’ stunt? Would I be guilty…
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Neil Hanson – Writer’s Block
Writing is a craft, not some divine gift, and the thing about crafts is the more you do them the…
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Linda Buckley Archer – Letter To My Readers
How fantastic it would be for the writer to be granted an impossible insider’s view; to hitch a ride on…