As we celebrate National Tell a Story Day on 27th and Great Poetry Reading Day on 28th, this question arises. Why Read Books? For the consummate reader this is an easy question to answer - the love of story, the chance to 'escape' into a narrative, to indulge in a...
On 9th January we celebrated National Word Nerd Day and Poetry at Work Day, both are cause for a high five within the writing community. Let's start with Word Nerd Day. As writers words are our super power and learning new ones to enable us to express our selves in...
As a poet and a writer, which format do you enjoy writing the most? Poetry has always been my favourite format. Playing with words in a creative way helps me choose words to express abstract ideas. Because words have nuances and “halos” its important to make clear...
As we welcome autumn/fall with its brilliant colour metamorphosis across the landscape, we begin to think of cooler weather and a new space to write. We transition from writing on the deck, in a beach house, or a lakeside cabin to a cozier study or quiet room with a...
My current read is My Ghosts by Mary Swan, the book I found in a small bookstore while traveling. I am enjoying the author's style and get a real sense of the main protagonist and her plight. It is of particular interest to me as I too emigrated. Getting to know the...
Your novels tend to have unexpected protagonists/settings. Was this a conscious decision or the spark of an idea that evolved? My ideas hit me just as unexpected. It is not like I want to come up with this or that like a contract writer where an idea is developed and...
Today's question: How did you find your particular writing style? A creative writing class, a teacher, a format or something else? Do you write differently for different genres? We all find a process that allows us to convey our story in the best way is good - right?...
As we all know Shakespeare was adept at creating numerous words for his own works, which are even today in common usage (whether we known their origin or not!) So today's question is: Do you make your own vocabulary words in your book or resort to the existing...
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