When The Cupboards Are Full…

There is an element of feast or famine to the writer’s life that can make even the most resilient lose faith.  Particularly for novelists, there will be many years of writing with blind hope keeping them going and determination that not only will they finish the masterpiece, it will also be published and read byContinue reading “When The Cupboards Are Full…”

My Top 5 Writer’s Websites

One of the jobs on the list for this summer is to create a website.  I’m pretty illiterate when it comes to technology (although I keep doing technology-related things so maybe I won’t be able to say this for much longer), and I’ve discovered that with WordPress I can build my site around this blog.Continue reading “My Top 5 Writer’s Websites”

Economy with Words

The shortest short story is reputedly by Ernest Hemingway and it goes something like this: For Sale.  Baby Shoes.  Never worn. Now, you many argue that this isn’t a short story, that six words can’t possibly create a narrative.  But it does have a beginning, middle and an end.  It does raise questions and thereforeContinue reading “Economy with Words”