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Hi, my name is Lannah Marshall. I am a Speculative Fiction writer, focusing on science fantasy. I am also working on my debut novel (whichever one gets published first), author of multiple published short stories […]

Italicising is a common way for people to show that there is some form of emphasis on certain words. I quite like it for this. See what I did there?

You can also include large passages of italicised text in […]

January 1919 — Mary

Chewing on a shoulder length fawn curl, Mary took a breath as though she were about to dive into deep, icy waters. She shifted in her seat, the heavy black wool of her mourning dress i […]

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin is the story of Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who moves with her husband Guy into the Bramford, a beautiful New York apartment building with a sinister reputation, populated by e […]

‘I am glad you went to Margate, which I believe, is the nom-de-plume of Ramsgate. It is a quite nice spot, not vulgarised by crowds of literary people. I hope it has done you and your companions good,’ wrote Oscar […]

That’s just how it is,
Being left in the lurch.
Rattling the few pennies you have left in a jar.
Microwave meals, elastic tape to repair old furniture.
Wear and tear.

That’s just how it is,
The job rej […]

Do you ever look back at some of your old work and wince? Do you shy away from everything you have ever written and then pushed to one side, convinced that it must never see the light of day?

Well, think again. […]

Imagery is one of the first things we learn about as writers. Simile and metaphor are familiar to many people, often from GCSE English Literature, and I think that’s why imagery is accepted as something almost f […]

Follows: How to Write a Play: Characters

Writers’ block. It sounds like an anvil upon which a writer might hammer out a novel, poem or, for the purposes of this essay, play. But how can the flummoxed p […]

David paced around the hotel’s corridor wheezing into his headset’s microphone. Inside the main conference suite, his audience stirred. And in the dining room, plates and glasses clinked in preparation for the […]

Glass Dolls is a psychological thriller set in the U.K. The story centres around a recently transferred detective, Dove Milson, and her investigation into the murder of a young woman, who suffocates inside a glass […]

It’s been a curious few months, hasn’t it? Hopefully you’ve been able to keep writing during these unprecedented times and those creative juices are still flowing. So, without further ado, here’s August’ […]

It is far too long
since I’ve tasted lust
and passion.
Let me breathe
your curves and
taste your thighs.
Softly,
then sharply.
Remind my lips
of the sweetness of
your sweat.
As we l […]

Scenes and sequels is a writing concept that I’ve not long become aware of, which is weird considering that it’s a pretty fundamental basic of writing. It’s also not particularly self-explanatory. Perso […]