Great Story Endings
In finishing your story, you are trying to do two basic things: Â 1. Make the ending seem like the consequence of everything that has...
5 Hard Truths About Being a Writer
If you are really serious about wanting to make a living from writing, there are five hard-hitting bits of advice that you probably need...
Hyper-Critical Situation # 1
There is a hyper-critical situation which comes before all others for writers, and that is that, though you desperately want to be a...
The Golden Age of Independent Publishing
Markets of various kinds all around the world have been transformed by the rise of the internet, and the world of publishing is no...
The Fascination of Fiction
I've always been fascinated by fiction -what it is, why it works, why we read it. ​ I wanted to know why certain books appealed to me,...
The Seven Pillars of Successful Writing
1. Core Ideas  At the heart of whatever it is you want to communicate as a writer is a core, whether that’s a very definite idea that...
10 Tips To Help You Get Published
Real secrets of writing a good story and getting a publisher to pay at least some attention to it are contained in the book How Stories...
3 Embarrassing Realisations as a Fiction Writer
It seems that there are two broad breeds of fiction writer: those who write, and those who think about being a writer and perhaps...