8 reasons why you should start tweeting or come back if you’ve stopped
This is based on a post I wrote back in 2010 and I think it still holds true. If Facebook is about renewing and making contacts, Twitter is about information … Continue reading
I need advice and if you’ve ever bought a book, you’re qualified to give it
Four months ago I self-published BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL – an ebook of 30 writing exercises that I’ve developed over nine years of teaching on university undergraduate courses and … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Stephen Fry on ebooks
Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators. STEPHEN FRY photo credit: swisscan via photopin cc
A Twitter Confession
Looking back at the posts written a year ago when I first started this blog I’m a bit embarrassed about one in particular. My list of the kind of people … Continue reading
Great Giveaway
Sally Quilford writes short stories for women’s magazines, judges writing competitions and writes a monthly column with Writers Forum magazine. Stephen Fry once described her as ‘pleasantly sane’… I’m telling … Continue reading
MONDAY CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE because it’s a good way to start the week DIALOGUE: ACCENTS
One of the first things you need to consider when writing dialogue is the vocabulary and the way it is expressed. Does it fit the age, education and experience of … 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
