A Masterclass with M G Leonard It was great last week to hear about M G Leonard’s writing career when she was in conversation with the...

It’s August, the kids are off school, the sun is out (hopefully) and you’re struggling to find the time and the motivation to write. Here...

Tomorrow’s partial solar eclipse – where part of the sun’s visible disc becomes unseeable, teaches writers a great lesson: less is more....

Learning From The Master - Shakespeare I’ve had my nose buried in Romeo and Juliet this last week, preparing my next book for ZigZag...

Act Now With The Traffic Light System The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus. He supposedly had two faces, one looking...

It’s such a negative thing to say, I’ve been rejected. Even saying my novel’s been turned down will still leave you feeling, well… down....

It was great to be with the Central East SCBWI group (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) yesterday evening as we...

You can’t write until you feel inspired – right? Sorry, that’s wrong! If you only write when inspiration decides to come your way, you’ll...

Occasionally, when I tell someone that I teach creative writing they say, ‘you mean calligraphy?’ Well, calligraphy is writing...