Writing About Real People and Real Events – Anne Lamott QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.Anne Lamott Photo Credit: David Hinkle on Unsplash
Beware – Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper is in a Fighting Mood
Mrs Finnegan, the long-suffering Housekeeper at The Regency Town House in Brighton and Hove, is famous for her imperturbable temperament. However, readers’ letters can sometimes INFLAME the passions of EVEN … Continue reading
Find A Good Place To Write and Stick To It – Twyla Tharp QUOTES FOR WRITERS
There is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion is this: Make it easy on yourself. Find a working environment … Continue reading
Why is My Sister so very Awkward? Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper knows the answer
Mrs Finnegan – housekeeper at The Regency Town House – finds herself thinking a lot about dinner parties past and future. If there’s a CHANCE you might be invited to … Continue reading
Don’t reveal – withhold! David Mamet on how to keep an audience’s attention QUOTES FOR WRITERS
How do we keep the audience’s attention? Certainly not by giving them more information but, on the contrary, by withholding information—by withholding all information except that information in the absence … Continue reading
What are Workers to Do with a Mistress like this? Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper is asked for advice
Mrs Finnegan’s advice is FREELY GIVEN to all manner of people, being both a celebrated authority on nearly everything AND the housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE However, to PREVENT any misunderstanding … Continue reading
There’s Only One Requirement if You Want to Be A Writer – Stephen King QUOTES FOR WRITERS
A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.Stephen King Photo … Continue reading
Anyone Looking for a Career in Publishing? Here are two entry level opportunities…
HarperCollins has announced two entry-level training programmes for 2022 – both close on 27th September at 5 pm. The Early Careers Programme used to be called the Graduate Scheme but … Continue reading
When You Can’t choose Between Two Men call for Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper…
When you have a problem who are you going to ask for help? For Letitia and Farmer Giles it had to be Mrs Finnegan, the celebrated housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN … Continue reading
What To Read When You’re Writing – Terry Pratchett QUOTES FOR WRITERS
If you are going to write, say, fantasy – stop reading fantasy. You’ve already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read anything that seems interesting, because … Continue reading
Love, Secrets and Annoying Nits – more problems for Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Another week, another bulging mail bag for Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper at The Regency Town House. ALL enquiries, observations and ANGUISHED APPEALS for help get an answer. It may not be … Continue reading
Persist, persist, persist! says Lincoln Michel QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The writers who succeed in my experience are the ones who submit constantly, who start the next novel when the current one is rejected, who keep querying. I might go … Continue reading
Friday Picture Writing Prompt – Shoes Take You Places
They can be magical like Dorothy’s ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz or mud-caked and work-worn like the boots painted by Van Gogh They can reveal character. Think of … Continue reading
A Spinster Too Shy to Speak Seeks the Help of Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Mrs Finnegan is the celebrated housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE who offers advice on love, life and SILK dresses (sometimes) Will I always be the bridesmaid and never the bride?I struggle … Continue reading
