I Can So I Will
Mrs Finnegan Faces Tomorrow with a New Pot of Ink Dear friends, readers, fellow housekeepers, staff members, wayfarers and casual acquaintances My book burnt to a crisp on the VERY … Continue reading
Writing History in a Regency Kitchen
Join me in a three week course for fiction writers, historians and absolute beginners Designed for beginners, emerging writers and authors wanting to explore a new field, you will be … Continue reading
The Voice of a Novel – What it is and Why it is so Important Emma Darwin QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Readers respond to voice of a novel long before they know what kind of story they are reading. That’s why writers need to get it right…
Discovering All the Different Versions of You – Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Gillian Flynn, the author Gone Girl, says that writing has helped her discover thousands of authentic versions of herdelf
Writing is Perhaps the Greatest of Human Inventions – astronomer Carl Sagan QUOTES FOR WRITERS
What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance … Continue reading
The Only Time to Write – Isabel Paterson QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The fact is writing can only be done during the time when one ought to be doing something else.Isabel Paterson Photo credit: Jonathan Francisca on Unsplash
Writing is Hard Work – Stephen King QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.Stephen King Photo Credit: Craig Whitehead on Unsplash
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
Write what you REALLY see – Louise Doughty QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The first thing any art teacher tells a child is draw what they really see, rather than what they think something ought to look like. The same is true of … Continue reading
Friday Writing Prompt
A Picture + An Idea = who knows what or where it will take you They have not just got married. Photo credit: thituzi from Pixabay
Writing is a lonely place – Rachel Carson QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Writing is a lonely occupation at best. Of course there are stimulating and even happy associations with friends and colleagues, but during the actual work of creation the writer cuts … Continue reading
How Reviews Impact on a Writer – Ann Patchett QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it’s really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a … Continue reading
Writers, ever had this feeling? Vladimir Nabokov QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. Vladimir Nabokov Picture credit: Image … Continue reading
Don’t wait to write – Henry David Thoreau QUOTES FOR WRITING
Write while the heat is in you. … The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with.Henry David Thoreau … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 