PinnedPublished inThe Writing CooperativeIn Order to Write a Page-turner, You Need Three ThingsA Carrot, a Stick, and a Flatulent DonkeyMay 13, 20212May 13, 20212
PinnedPublished inCuriosity Never Killed the WriterHow to get an agent to read your first novel, using the vacuum cleaner trick.As a first time novelist trying to break in, what’s the worst thing that can happen to you?Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Published inThe Brave WriterTo Understand the Meaning of ‘Show Don’t Tell’, Try This Simple Trick.Reincarnation.Apr 18, 2021Apr 18, 2021
Published inCuriously CreativeWhat My Job in the 15th-Century Plague Hospital Taught Me About Writing a Bestseller.The big wooden door of Santa Maria della Scala hospital creaked open. The Blessed Saint Bernadine of Siena peered through the gap.Apr 2, 2021Apr 2, 2021
Published inAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)Try the World’s Cheapest Novel-Writing Course.A round-Oxford bus ticketFeb 6, 20211Feb 6, 20211
Published inThe Writing CooperativeTo Succeed as a Novelist, you Don’t Need Chekhov’s GunYou Need his Time MachineDec 14, 20202Dec 14, 20202
Published inAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)When You Die and the Angel Gives You the Form, Don’t Tick Option ‘C.’What does it all mean? This crazy, ineffable mystery of being? What does it mean? Really?Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Published inAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)How I discovered the bliss-bestowing truth about life while writing ads for Singapore AirlinesIt was around the end of the last century that I embarked on my journey to the East in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment.Feb 7, 2020Feb 7, 2020
Published inThe Writing CooperativeA Cat called Bartok(Or how to avoid writing that sounds like writing)May 12, 2019May 12, 2019
Published inThe Writing Cooperative‘Show don’t tell’, was invented by Volkswagen in 1959Every creative writing course worth its salt will urge you to ‘show don’t tell’.Apr 1, 2019Apr 1, 2019