CREATIVE RAGBAG OF NEWS AND IDEAS…A new book after 15 years…A new library…A new blog feature
A NEW NOVEL Fifteen years after the publication of the massive bestseller (massive in size and sales) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke is bringing out her second novel … Continue reading
How to find inspiration – Anne Tyler QUOTES FOR WRITERS
…the novelist Anne Tyler likes to keep the windows open to hear ordinary life outside. She writes in longhand, then types her words out, then records her words, listens to them, and … Continue reading
Good prose is more muscle than fat, says Ursula Le Guin QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Adjectives and adverbs are good and rich and fattening. The main thing is not to overindulge … I would recommend to all storytellers a watchful attitude and a thoughtful, careful … Continue reading
Yeats on what the world has to offer QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.W.B. Yeats Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash
Writing Workshop with a Bestselling Novelist – it’s a Brighton experience like no other
Running workshops with a bestselling novelist in her Brighton home was an experiment. I’ve known Sarah Rayner for years as an inspirational novelist who writes about serious subjects – bereavement, … Continue reading
Writers should be wracked with guilt and self-hatred – Harlan Coben QUOTES FOR WRITERS
There are days you just can’t write. Fill them with self-loathing. What, snowflake, you wanted me to tell you it’s okay to feel this way? It’s not. On the days … Continue reading
Toni Morrison in her own words QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human without wealth. What it feels like to be human without domination over … Continue reading
Why Writers Should Work Out….QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I find that the hardest work of my writing is done in my subconscious brain, somewhere in the back of my skull far out of the reach of my control. … Continue reading
The Reason for Bad Writing – Stephen King QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do― to … Continue reading
Advice to young writers from playwright and screenwriter Lilian Hellman QUOTES FOR WRITERS
They’re fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Lillian Hellman
Bowled Over by The Bald Prima Donna in London
It’s good to slip out of the ordinary workaday world, even if you are happy with it, perhaps especially if you’re happy with it, and dive into a new experience. … Continue reading
Saturday Afternoon Writing Workshop with lunch (and early bookers get a free copy of my writing guide)
This is a first. I’ve taught in all kinds of places: art galleries and university lecture theatres, under a Mediterranean sun and in cold church halls, but never before in … Continue reading
In early June….John Steinbeck QUOTES FOR WRITERS
In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent Photo by Ann Savchenko on Unsplash
Got an old copy of Harry Potter in your bookcase? Find out how much it is worth….
Only 500 copies of the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were printed and 300 of those went to libraries. To check if you have an ultra … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 