Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
The Myth of the Many and the Few
There’s at least one myth that we all grow up with that becomes so intertwined with our lives that we have difficulty seeing it as a myth...
Exhausted by 'marketing' your books?
Have you failed at marketing your books? Does the whole area of 'marketing' seem either a complex mystery or a rip-off (or both) to you?...
Accidental Theatrics
I was never a ‘party person’. The idea of appearing on stage in any kind of show or taking part in anything remotely theatrical was...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
Human Constellations
Have you noticed how human beings usually organise themselves? Throughout history, hierarchies tend to develop, whether tyrannical, as in...
The Myth of the Bookshop
As a new writer, when you walk into a bookshop, what do you see? Do you see thousands of shiny successes, each carefully categorised on...
The Cup That Runneth Over
Does any written work have an audience? In other words, does quality count? It’s an arguable point. Even the scribblings of a young child...