The German novelist Thomas Mann once suggested that writers are those people who find writing difficult, and I suspect the vast majority of writers would agree with him (I don’t really want to know about the few lucky ones who …
The writer laid bare
I’m actually someone’s literary crush! And this is even out there in the open, on the webpage of The Suburban Review. Unexpected and humbling.…
Come and see me this week talking with female archbishop and the director of Islamic Museum.
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10 tips for running a writers’ group: Guest post by Tracy Sayre
It was on a balmy evening in Mozambique that I discovered my love of writing groups. I was working there as a volunteer teacher. With lots of free time and few distractions, I hoped to revise a manuscript I had …
On Saturday 20th August 
I’ll be talking in Brighton Library about memoir writing. And also about all that other ‘stuff’ – love, migration, religion. Will love it if you can join me.…
Alcohol, insanity & other methods for unblocking writer’s block
Writer’s block, as I discussed in my previous post, is a common, and debilitating, phenomenon among writers. The good news is it is possible to fight this condition, but the trick is to find what works for each of us. …