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Researching… The Yellow House
I love doing background research for my novels, I guess that’s the journalist in me. With hindsight, I researched my first novel Ignoring Gravity too much, I didn’t recognise the point at which I knew...
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I can’t write without… a cup of tea
… a cup of Taylors’ Yorkshire Tea to get me started in the morning, to give me a reason for a screen-break mid-morning, after lunch, mid-afternoon screen-break, and various other times throughout the...
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I agree with Jeanette Winterson…
[photo: http://www.jeanettewinterson.com“I never think: ‘I’m not at work now, so I’ll relax.’ For me, there’s no distinction. Work is the most absorbing thing in my life. Why would I want to switch...
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Choosing the title
My first novel had a variety of working titles, but was generally referred to as ‘Rose’. This was both in my own head, and by my family and friends. “How’s Rose?” they would ask, as if she were real....
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Writing Exercise – the five senses
When the imagination is sluggish, it sometimes pays dividends to take it by the hand and lead it towards creativity. This one has worked for me in the past. It can seem a little time-consuming when all...
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Aah Snoopy, you are so right… 1
‘Snoopy’s Guide to the Writing Life’ ed by Barnaby Conrad and Monte SchulzFiled under: Book Love, On Writing Tagged: Aah Snoopy you are so right, book, book review, books, Charles Schulz, creative...
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I agree with… SJ Watson
“Write every day even if it’s rubbish. Bad writing can be improved, but a blank page will always be a blank page.” SJ Watson, interview with Grazia magazine [November 2011] This is advice to new...
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My favourite library… Cobham Library
Tucked away behind the High Street, in a building that has seen better days, Cobham Library has a surprisingly deep section on Second World War history, my current research topic for my third novel [no...
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Aah Snoopy, you are so right… 2
‘Snoopy’s Guide to the Writing Life’ ed by Barnaby Conrad and Monte SchulzFiled under: Book Love, On Writing Tagged: Aah Snoopy you are so right, book, book review, books, Charles Schulz, creative...
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My favourite writing notebooks
I can’t be without a stack of pristine Muji notebooks. There’s something about the uniformity of the covers, the satisfaction of a pile of used notebooks collected together with a rubber band in the...
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