Picture of an author emerging
Looking for a new way to describe myself, having found ‘wannabe author’ is no longer appropriate, I’m trying on ’emerging author’ for size.
Looking for a new way to describe myself, having found ‘wannabe author’ is no longer appropriate, I’m trying on ’emerging author’ for size.
Things will be changing at TheSupercargo in tandem with changes in my life as I retire from paid work and use my time to create more of what I want.
This first blog post of the year is a review of my writing resolutions from 2022, setting the stage for 2023.
This is my last opportunity to publish a blog post this year, so I’d better sieze it to tell you about my blogging plan for 2023.
Last weekend I attended the SWF22 – the Stockholm Writers’ Festival 2022. I’m still digesting it, so what follows here is just a series of impressions.
For nearly three months I’ve been writing a poem a day as a creative writing dscipline and I’m quite pleased with how it’s turning out.
A short notification that I’m taking part in – and very much enjoying – the Guardian Masterclass summer writers’ retreat.
It’s not easy to write inarticulate characters and make them sympathetic. But Prince Charles managed it once (perhaps inadvertantly). How about you?
The origins and perennial attraction of personality tests and their potential as hooks to motivate writing and for characer development.
A follow-up to my writing resolutions from last month: this is what my writing process looks like at present – morning pages and quarry store