Often, when swept up by magnificent prose, I find myself overwhelmed. It is easy to look at a well-crafted story and think instantly that the genius of the author is impossible to replicate, especially when compared to …
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Wide Sargasso Sea
Don’t quote me on that. I like my facts to be nebulous and ever-changing. I remember being told once that she was a mad, raving alcoholic of undiscovered genius living in a soggy shack in Cornwall when …
The Primary Law of Writing
This book is a prime example of the primary law of writing. If you write well, you can write about anything. Take The Story of the Eye as an example, disturbing, suspenseful, dirty and beautifully written. If …
Agent Panels, First Pages, and Heart Attacks
Then agent panel began. I scribbled furiously as they read and discussed other author's pages, both alternately glad and disappointed that mine had not been read. When Chuck began to read my page, my heart thundered so …
Write Your Heart Out
Sometimes writing feels a lot like trying to fill a bathtub with water using a flour sifter. With a blindfold on. Whilst someone smacks you repeatedly over the head with a fly swatter. It can be a …
Revision Tips and Tricks
So you've completed a novel. First, let me say congratulations. You have accomplished what many people never will. Take a little time to celebrate. Open that bottle of prosecco. Eat something pickled. Or, you know, do whatever …
Tibetan Lemonade 