Creative Writing and Independent Authorship
[Sticky Post] At the Quill is the category where I collect all my posts about creative writing. Also posts about independent authorship and self-publishing.
At the Quill
At the Quill: About creative writing in my experience and practice. Also posts about independent authorship and self-publishing. Read Creative Writing and Independent Authorship for more details or scroll down.
Night of the Kings – storytelling and story creation
In Night of the Kings, a film from Ivory Coast, Roman, a new inmate in the MACA prison must entertain his fellow prisoners by telling a story.
The successfully organised and bulleted writer
Successfully organised and bulleted- that’s how I feel now at the end of 2020, thanks to The Bullet Journal Method and The Organised Writer.
How I started keeping my New Year Resolutions
New Year Resolutions – year on year I made them and then I failed to keep them, until I worked out how to keep them alive all the year round.
Flash fiction and the FlashNano 2020
About flash fiction and my response to Nancy Stohlman’s FlashNano 2020 writing challenge – why I took it on and what I got out of it.
Writers Abroad, and Far Flung in print
The Writers Abroad international author’s peer group and the print publication soon of Far Flung: Celebrating A Decade of Writers Abroad.
Why I Really Don’t like Kindle
I can see advantages in having books in a Kindle app on an easily transported tablet, but what happens if you lose access to your account?
Playing with art for exciting character development
Playing with Artbreeder and renaissance portraits to create faces for characters in Elin’s Story, my historical novel.
Far flung writing: telling stories from a distance
Far Flung: Announcing the forthcoming publication of an anthology of writing celebrating a decade of the Writers Abroad authors community.
What does it take to be a creative writer?
A call for tips on how to be a creative writer. Surely the skills I’ve developed as a content writer ought to be transferable?
Bringing up the Bodies from Wolf Hall
Bring up the Bodies from Wolf Hall: a discussion of point of view in Hilary Mantel’s fantastic trilogy, and a discussion of character names.