Confidence Means "Do It Anyway"
Your most beloved book got written because the author built the confidence to sit down and write it no matter what. The daily crush of...
Finding the Courage to Submit Despite Depression
Writing is my life. It has been my dream since I was eight years old, and freelance writing has been my "day job" for the past two and a...
7 Rookie Writing Mistakes I Made and 7 Ways I Improved
I started writing since I was six years old, with the first line of what was surely to be an epic saga: once a pon a time. My spelling...
Writing with ADHD
I was twelve years old, standing beneath a gray sky in Berkeley, California. Beside me, my mother wants to take my hand but is trying to...
7 Ways to Write Visually (Even if You’re not a Visual Person)
The world is pretty visual, but I’m not. Despite my insistence that, if I had to choose, I’d rather lose my hearing than my sight, I’ve...
Has Self-publishing Made the Industry a Bit… Sterile?
Six year-old me dreamed of seeing my name shining on hardbacks in the window of Waterstone’s as the latest bestselling debut author....
Traditional Publishing (UK)
Last night I was invited out for a drink by a colleague. I thought nothing of it until we were half way into our first pint and he said...
Handwriting a Manuscript
I handwrite all of my novels first. Without exception, I draw a title page and I write the end on the final page, usually accompanied by...