Monday Motivation: a compendium of motivational spurs for writers
Richard is flat on his back after a small operation, and can’t sit up to type. A sad state of affairs for any writer. So instead of a fresh Monday […]
You’re invited: Non-fiction masterclass with Fred de Vries
Please join us for a non-fiction masterclass with Fred de Vries, in celebration of the launch of his new book, Blues for the White Man. You’ll learn more about the nitty-gritty […]
The lesson that Darwin’s Sphinx Moth teaches writers
I’ve made much over the years of a writer’s peculiar capacity to imagine himself into the consciousness of another human being, to share his feelings, to be able, in a […]
Monday Writing Motivation: Develop a positive writing attitude
Much is made of the psychology of winning. An immense army of sports psychologists now earns its living advising and counseling both teams and individuals as they prepare for their […]
Architecture and infrastructure: 3 tips for writing stellar non-fiction
Writing is a complex business, involving much more than stringing a few sentences together and putting them in a certain order, for a story to unfold. Two aspects are generally […]
Monday Writing Motivation: New, strange, unusual, previously unknown
Why do we read fiction? There’s a range of obvious answers – we love intimate encounters with strangers who pose no danger to our cosy view of the world (although […]
