

Editing Part Three: My Philosophy as an Editor
In order to be able to accomplish genuine improvement for you as a writer, I need to be able to communicate with you. Editing - sincere...


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...


A Writer is a 'Business-in-Miniature'
Returning in the early 1990s to the UK after 26 years in Australia and the United States, it was my pleasure to work with many small to...


A Writer's Expectations
Our society as a general rule expects instant gratification. Older generations had to wait for certain vegetables to appear in the shops;...


C. S. Lewis's Journey
Over the last five hundred years or so it is possible to see a trend in human civilisation from the perception that the universe was an...


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 Power of George MacDonald
George MacDonald (1824 – 1905) a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister, was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy...


Myth and the 'Now' Part Twenty Five: Why Do We Need Myths?
So why do we need myths? A standard answer might be formulated along the lines of ‘because humanity needs meaning, and myth was a first...



