It has been suggested a few times that I should do a “Golden Rules of Writing Comedy” article and I’ve always resisted it for one very good reason. I’ve been...

Angela Clarke is The Sunday Times bestselling author of the Social Media Murder Series, including Follow Me, Watch Me, and Trust Me. Angela has produced an extensive collection of Writing Tips video tutorials on...

Writing is often described as a lonely process, but it doesn’t have to be. What if you wrote a book with someone else? When I first told people I was...

One of the great joys of writing Blood’s Game, the first book in my new swashbuckling 17th-century series, was having access to the language of the time. This was an...

There’s a scene towards the end of Muriel Spark’s The Finishing School where Rowland Mahler, a frustrated creative writing teacher, lectures his class a few days after the burial of...

How to write from multiple points of view and still maintain balance throughout the novel? This is a daunting task because, truth be told, there is no magic formula to...

Last year, at the launch of my second book, I pulled a stunt on my husband. He was approaching a big birthday, his fiftieth, the following December. The launch was in...

Why I Set Up Story Crew Writing Clubs for Children All children are different. Some are sporty. Others love acting or singing. Some like to dance. These children join sports...

What prompts an author to do a dramatic about turn with their career and decide to opt for a complete change of genre? For me it was a number of...

We’ve all heard the old Edison quote about genius being one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. But how do we go about unearthing that elusive one percent? You know...