We’ve all done it. Self-editing. From my own experience, there’s also a blindness to self-editing because as a creator I am too close to my body of work. I see it every day. It’s like tasting your own cooking. Because you like the taste and you taste it every day doesn’t mean it’s good or at …
THE WRITING LIFE: Q&A with @MarginaliaManuscripts on Experience and Writing
In this #thewritinglife post, I’d like to focus on what and who has made us interested in reading and writing. I’ve had the pleasure and honour to work with and talk to Cambridge-qualified Mary-Anne Farah (Maz) and Holly of Marginalia Manuscripts about their personal stories. Editors are one of the key backstage players of the actual …
INTERVIEW: @BletherinBooks on “The Ideal Reader”
I am excited to be talking to Lynne of Bletherin Books about the Ideal Reader, the person for whom writers write. It is my favourite topic, apart from books of course. Today Lynne is our Ideal Reader. Let’s find out about her. 1. Lynne, I’d love to get to know readers like you more. Tell …
INTERVIEW with Adam Ross, on writing and running RosscoLorenzo General Store and Newsstand
Have you ever wondered what it is like being writer, a local bookstore owner and event promoter/planner? Adam Ross gives us his hot tips on how it’s done. IN: As a reader and a writer, I have always been curious about the business of books, and how they end up from an idea in a …
GUEST POST: “Who will win when the lore of the Borneo jungle takes on the law of the white man?” by Bill Colegrave
A warm welcome to my guest, the legendary Bill Colegrave, who has collected and been inspired by travel books for more than four decades. He was the owner and publisher of the Cadogan Guides travel series. And now over to Bill… The unforeseen complications of a one-night stand are the foundations of this tale …