The importance of adult education: “It is never too late to be what you might have been” – George Eliot
I BELIEVE passionately that the classroom can be a gateway to the things in life that give it meaning and depth and balance. When I say classroom I’m thinking of … Continue reading
Free ebooks to download from two bestselling authors
You wait for one to come along and then… Two Brighton based authors embark on two very different train journeys. We can read the stories that emerged from their travels … Continue reading
Why you hate twitter – still time to enter this free competition
Words with Jam are giving away three mugs (who said you were going to get rich as a writer). All you have to do is tell in exactly 140 characters … Continue reading
50 Shades a Self-Publishing Success Story? I Don’t Think So
Random House have just announced a massive increase in profits for the first half of 2012 – over 20% – and a lot of those percentage points are down to … Continue reading
CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE long and short sentences
When I’m teaching I often use this exercise in the first week of term and I thought others might like to try it. Varying the length of a sentence is … Continue reading
How to beat writer’s block
DARK MATERIALS author Philip isn’t very sympathetic to writer’s block. He argues that we never hear of carpenter’s block or bus driver’s block and writer’s block would disappear overnight if … Continue reading
Secrets and Spies in the Richard and Judy Book Club List
Although no longer supported by regular television slots, the Richard and Judy Book Club still packs a punch and the autumn selection has just been announced. It is an interesting … Continue reading
The next Christmas bestseller
‘A Week in Winter‘ is a 464-page book of interlinked short stories about the people staying at an old hotel on the west coast of Ireland. As Maeve Binchy’s last … Continue reading
A 75-word writing challenge
Kate Mosse (the writer not the model) says writers should practice writing in the same way musicians practice the scales…. Here is a way that will also allow you to … Continue reading
The people I don’t follow on twitter
(including the ones I don’t follow back even when they have been discerning enough to follow me) Any women who has a hubster rather than a husband Anyone who has … Continue reading
QUOTATIONS FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotations)
Writers procrastinate on writing so much that the term “writer” is probably a misnomer. We should be called “putting things off-ists”. Leo Babauta
