Category: Writing

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