Category: Beginning

Are there more novels in me?

‘Everyone has a novel in them …’ A lot of people believe that this is true, whether or not you add the second half of the sentence, which is... Read More

Listening

I have welcomed all of the advice and feedback I have received in my journey so far. I have sought this advice in academic texts, online writing and direct... Read More

Simplicity, Tense and Point of View

As the doors open inch-by-inch onto this new world, I realise that, despite a lifetime of voracious reading, I don’t understand the basics of writing a novel. Or rather: As... Read More

First Words

Everything must begin somewhere. After seven months travelling the world, I decided that I was going to write fiction. I wasn’t going back to ‘real’ work, but would pursue... Read More

A Good Start

Two years, three full-length novels and a gaggle of short stories. I wanted to share my experience of starting to write fiction in middle age, with no previous experience.... Read More