My name is Annmarie and I’m a recovering distraction junkie. I never thought I had a problem until I was faced with a 10-car pile-up on the slippery slope of...

Books. Black squiggles, strategically placed on a substance made of tree bark. Informative. Instructive. Educational. And able to carry within them the key to the human heart and soul. Think...

Around this time last year, I went on a trip to Dublin to attend a KDP event and met up with an old with a friend of mine, who mentioned...

I’ve spent a lot of time this past year talking about guilt, about exile and return, and about mammies, and about the guilt mammies can instil in their offspring when said...

I haven’t been on a creative writing course or studied language or literature at any level higher than A level. I haven’t even opened a book on the subject! So...

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...

I still remember the first story I wrote. It was on a single piece of paper, with widely spaced lines to allow for the somewhat wayward script of five-year-old authors,...

Fiction writers often come from careers that involve writing of other types.  They may be newspaper reporters, doctors, police detectives, advertising copy writers, college professors.  Many writers of legal thrillers...

You write a book. You decide the world needs it. Ideally, you then either: Submit it to an agent who finds you a publisher Or self-publish in a professional way....

  Intentions are the seeds to achieving our goals, but many of us need help to harness our intentions and put them to good use. Make it your intention to create...