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...

What do you feel to be the most important part of a novel? A pacy plot? Strong, believable characters? Dialogue that helps advance both plot and character? Perhaps it’s structure,...

  My second book in the Star Club series, Starring Meg, is out this month. It’s my seventh book overall, and will be quickly followed by the eighth which is...

‘Ok, I want you to draw this jam jar for me.’ I’m in my first ever art class and the teacher is figuring out what kind of level I’m at....