The Horror! THE HORROR! A Writing Exercise on How to Scare Readers
(Horror fiction) shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion – Clive Barker EVERY SATURDAY for … Continue reading
Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper advises the delicately shy and the annoyingly bumptious…
Mrs Finnegan is the Celebrated Authority on affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT in addition to being housekeeper of The Regency Town House. This week she writes about the SPECIAL … Continue reading
If you want to write read trash – Joseph Brodsky QUOTES FOR WRITERS
In order to write a good book, a writer must read a great deal of trash — otherwise, he won’t be able to develop the necessary criteria. That’s what may … Continue reading
A Not Very Serious Exercise: an extract from Back to Creative Writing School
Far better to write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all – Katherine Mansfield EVERY SATURDAY for the month of January I’m sharing exercises from my popular writing guide Back … Continue reading
Write What You Love – Could you Create A Feel-Good Christmas Romance for next year?
Novel Writing Competition from a major publisher and right now all they want is a fabulous idea and 1000 words… Penguin Michael Joseph are offering one unpublished writer – currently … Continue reading
BRIGHTON’S REGENCY HOUSEKEEPER says NO to two readers (perhaps it’s the mood she’s in)
This week Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper at The Regency Town House and agony aunt to the masses, replies to a poet and an over eager dancer. She also finds solace in housework … Continue reading
“You are most alive…in childhood” Edna O’Brien QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness.Edna … Continue reading
A Cliché Killing Writing Exercise: an extract from BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL
EVERY SATURDAY for the month of January I’m going to share some exercises from my popular writing guide Back To Creative Writing School – I want it to be a creative kickstart … Continue reading
BRIGHTON’S REGENCY HOUSEKEEPER flies in the face of CONVENTION when it comes to MARMALADE (and other important matters)
Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper of The Regency Town House and advice giver to multitudes, does not actually court controversary, but does ask it to wipe its feet and sit down. BREAKFAST is … Continue reading
What poets do…Laura Riding’s advice to a child QUOTES FOR WRITERS
A person might be able to make poems but be unable to make chairs, not because she could only make poems, but because it didn’t happen to her to make … Continue reading
Description Writing Exercise: an extract from BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL
EVERY SATURDAY for the month of January I’m going to share some exercises from my popular writing guide Back To Creative Writing School – I want it to be a … Continue reading
The Brighton Regency Housekeeper’s Christmas Diary
Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper of The Regency Town House, announces that this is not the Post Christmas message she intended to write. But then she didn’t have the kind of Christmas she expected … Continue reading
It all depends on how you do it…says Julian Barnes QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Everything in art depends on execution: the story of a louse can be as beautiful as the story of Alexander. You must write according to your feelings, be sure those … Continue reading
Ever thought about writing commercial fiction? A free competition for unpublished writers of colour
THIS IS EXCITING – a potentially life-changing competition exclusively for un-agented, unpublished writers of colour. The winner will receive a two-book publishing contract from Avon with an advance against royalties … Continue reading
