Novel Soundtrack: A Writers' Playlist
I can't write without music. I know a lot of authors prefer quiet when they're working and, don't get me wrong, when I'm editing I like...
I can't write without music. I know a lot of authors prefer quiet when they're working and, don't get me wrong, when I'm editing I like...
The man hurried through the streets, his head spilling sweat and wild ideas. It was a warm night, but had been raining and the...
The first book I ever remember reading and finishing on my own as a child is Maurice Sendak’s timeless Where the Wild Things Are. The...
The wind blew ripples across the surface of the Great Lake as the sun rose slowly above the three peaks cutting into the sky; mountains...
When Carnegie Medal Winner, Geraldine McCaughrean, recently slammed children’s book publishers for moving towards ‘accessible’ prose and...
I love a good short story – reading them that is, not necessarily writing them. I find I don’t have the discipline to successfully...
Following my previous blog about fairy tales, I received a few requests wanting to know more about the tale of the mermaid that appears...
As a writer of stories for children I’m well aware of the irony in that title, however I’m not saying that fairy tales aren’t for...
This interview, conducted by fellow Prospective Press author Shervin Kiani, originally appeared on his tumblr blog here. His great,...
So, a few days ago I published a blog about the origins of the fantasy world I created for my Land Beyond trilogy (see: Terra-forming a...
I was lying next to my son and we were staring up at the ceiling in his bedroom. The cracks, shadows and peeling paint seemed to form...