76 thoughts you have while writing a first draft
1. Let's do this. 2. I feel very Obama '08 right now. I want to chant YES WE CAN to myself over and over. Because I can do it. I can...
January blues: top 2017 books to read
Ugh. Yep, that word pretty much sums up January in a nutshell, doesn't it? Although I am looking forward to the gasping breath of relief...
Chapter 1: The Last One
Firstly you should know that this is a novel I have been working on for some time. Three years in fact. Second, this chapter has been...
Confessions of an Unemployed Graduate
Warning: This article may make you want to pull the following face... I’m here. I’m at that point in your life. The point that everyone...
Debate: Should you just write about what you know?
Mark Twain once said: ‘Write what you know’ and it is something that has echoed around my writerly conscious for a long time. Write about...
Audio killed the Kindle Book Star
Up until recently, I had disregarded audio books. I did not think they fulfilled the sensory experience that came from reading a book...
Soggy Nappies
Published in The Very Best of 81 Words She stared from above the crib, the pillow pressed against her aching chest; every morning the...