One of the wonderful things about writing novels is that serendipity often lends a helping hand. When I was starting to write my first book, LAVENDER ROAD, my car had broken down and I bumped into a wonderful local lady, Laura Boorman, at a bus stop on Clapham Common....
I recently read an excellent article by Professor Alexandra Harris in The Author Magazine about the best weather for writing. Traditionally people have associated springtime with artistic creativity, all those budding plants and trees somehow linked with the...
For the last year I have been lucky enough to have a fellowship post at Aberystwyth University sponsored by the Royal Literary Fund. This involved me sitting in a pleasant office on campus one day a week so that students (and staff) could come and consult me about...
To make a change I am directing you to my Castaway interview for Felicity Lennie’s Island of Books. You might find it amusing and there are some reading/writing tips in there too …...
Life gets in the way of writing. Actually life gets in the way of a lot of things, but it is a particular culprit in the pantheon of things that prevent writers writing. Displacement activity moves in mysterious ways and takes many forms. It can manifest itself in...
