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Do you ever get those happy feet? Those tippy-tappy, hippy-happy, jump-up-and-down-and-just-gotta-clappy feet? I’m only partly having fun...

July is a quiet month when it comes to Literary Festivals in the UK and Ireland. There are three festivals going ahead (if you know of...

It’s an age-old question. Can you teach creativity? Can you instil into someone the intangible gift of creating something from nothing?...

Have you ever received feedback on your work? Have you ever opened yourself up like a tin can and put yourself through the ordeal of...

“If you gaze long enough at an abyss, the abyss will gaze back at you.” Fredrich Nietzsche Any writer can tell you about the blank page....

Attending literary festivals can be a great way to network, learn and gain new experiences in the literary world. As well as immersing...

In the 1986 movie, Clockwise, John Cleese’s character Brian Stimpson utters the words, “It’s not the despair. I can stand the despair....

At times, trying to get a publishing deal can seem like an impossible task. While there are direct routes to certain publishers, if...

The road to success is paved with failure/good intentions/hard work/[insert whatever noun takes your fancy]. It’s something I have...