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Creating an establishing character is easily one of the hardest aspects of writing fiction. Getting an audience to care about your characters and their plights is tough work, but it is important if you want them […]

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Successfully transitioning from a person who writes to an established writer requires a reputation, and to gain one – and therefore get paid to do what you love – you must become not […]

The city glimmered. Streets were rich with petrichor after a warm April rain. Shadows were sun-mottled and dancing over the heads of pedestrians as they meandered through the market square, umbrellas in hand – j […]

The Lord of the Rings has quite an interesting history behind it. Because of the popularity of Tolkien’s The Hobbit, his publisher requested a sequel. Tolkien told them that it would take him a while and offered a […]

Knights share their hopes in the final hours of the last engagement of the Wars of the Roses.

Saw the Birdman in the park again,
scruffy, absorbed as if in another world,
arms outstretched, the dark seed
staining each palm; out of place, like
a declaration.

At his feet,
a churning mass of grey […]

For poets, social media is very much king when it comes to marketing. There simply isn’t a better tool for finding gigs and promoting appearances and new releases to your audiences, despite the myriad d […]

With the explosion of digital media, it’s not surprising that many facets have begun to bleed into creative writing. One such concept that I, personally, didn’t see working particularly well with writing a boo […]

Whilst anyone who writes can call themselves a writer, transitioning from a person who writes to a reputable writer requires, fairly obviously, a reputation. Simply demanding to be paid for articles or short […]

What’s that god-awful racket?

You open your eyes and are blinded by the sun pouring into your hotel room.

Seagulls? Of course. Seagulls.

On a whim, you’d decided to drive down to the coast and check int […]

Nefelibata is the debut poetry collection by local poet Penny Tigerlily Lane. What first struck me about the collection was the titles that are used. The title of the collection itself and the titles of the […]

Jane Austen was just 41 when she died in 1817, having written six books; she had a loyal readership and certainly no indication of giving up until she fell ill and sadly died in her prime.

She was a genuinely […]

Little bird, sweet bird
O where have you been?
Tell me the love and the lies
You have seen
Show me the world
That has flown
Beneath your wings,
Little bird, brave bird,
Come have a drink

When by grace, […]

Research is an interesting topic to discuss when it comes to writing. Some writers will spend months – if not longer – researching the minute details of every aspect of their novel, while others will just make it […]