Let’s Stop the Bullies
I’m delighted to announce that I’m donating a percentage of the profits from my thriller,...
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Writing Short Stories
I recently judged the Bristol Short Story Prize for the second year running. This year...
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Hiking for Writing I
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. Friedrich Nietzsche I’ve just got back...
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What I think about when I think about holidays…
We’ve just got back from our annual spring holiday in Trelowarren, Cornwall. I love holidays!...
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Sugar: The Book I Wish had Changed the World
There is something sweet and sickly in the air. It’s ten years since my book...
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How to write dialogue II
If writing dialogue set right now in the real world is difficult, writing historical dialogue...
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How to write dialogue I
Walter: Castor beans. Jesse: So, what are we going to do with them? Are we...
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Creating Characters II
Is your character based on a real person? This was the first question from Richard...
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Editing my Novels
Writer Isabel Costello kindly asked me to write a guest post for her blog, The...
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Creating Characters I
As I’m going to be chatting about creating great characters with Richard Beard, from the...
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My Dad: James O’Connell
….and when Peace here does house, He comes with work to do, he does not...
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It’s All in the Edit
I used to be dreadfully bad at spelling and grammar. Now I’m just bad. I’m...
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