Another story (well, the first chapter) for today's A-Z Challenge or rather #atozchallenge - I'm trying out Twitter... Renegade Writer Arnold took the final sheet of his 90,000-word novel, Strike Hard, from the printer and added it to the rather impressive looking stack of pages on his desk. It had taken over eight months of trying… Continue reading R is for Renegade Writer
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The Mighty Pen
This is a short story that I wrote a couple of years ago for a creative writing course. At the end there's a plea for help... The Mighty Pen The printed sheet of A4 paper held disdainfully between his thumb and forefinger, Sebastian tossed it dismissively across the seminar room. It competed briefly with the… Continue reading The Mighty Pen
Top Ten Tips on how not to write a novel, find an agent, get it published and become rich and famous
I’ve read a string of comments in the last week about how easy it would be to write a novel if only one lived in Rome. This sort of thing: You want to write. Really you do. You long to. In fact, if you could run away now to Rome and write full-time with the… Continue reading Top Ten Tips on how not to write a novel, find an agent, get it published and become rich and famous
