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.
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.
Published Poet – Flying with Icarus
Flying with Icarus. For the second time this year I find myself a published poet. This posts relates the stories behind my four poems published in The Poet
Panic on the writing course – writing diary
A panic attack was perhaps not the best way to start my participation in the six week Novel Writing Essentials course with Bill Ryan as tutor.
A Right and Proper Subject
What is a right and proper subject for a novel today? A discussion of commercial and moral arguments and a vindication (I hope) of authorial freedom.
Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry
Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry that takes up the Novel Writing Essentials course at Writers & Artists I’m following and #Stuckhome – the virtual SWF20 from the end of May.
And I would write ten thousand hours
Ten thousand hours is about writing blog posts and how deliberate practice with the help of the Yoast SEO WP plug-in has helped me improve over time.
April showers – a writing diary entry
April showers – of the tax declaration and coronavirus lockdown variety – are excuses for my faltering productivity, but I soldier on.