Minor neurosis emerging Today has been pen quest day. Pen quest is one of those slight but aggravating signs of obsessive/compulsive behaviour that I try to hide from people, especially other writers. My neuroses are—as you know—rare. You might think I’m protesting a bit too much. You’d be right. I am a touch neurotic about […]
Reading, performing or appearing? What do you do if you have to read your work aloud? I am a performer, rather than a reader, but I know many writers (possibly more self-confident and well-balanced writers) who simply read. And there are those few, those stunning souls of coruscating intellect, charm or whatever, who ‘appear’. What […]
This week I’m interviewing Michael Kimball as part of his blog tour for Dear Everybody, a novel with a fascinating structure. I’m not actually going to talk much about the novel, because Michael’s answers to my questions illuminate so much of the work, and the way that he created it, that I don’t think you […]
Writing and Life What I’m doing next week: interviewing Michael Kimball about Dear Everybody a fascinating novel in letters. Michael’s on tour: Mon 13th *Me & My Big Mouth* http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com Weds15th *Dogmatika* http://dogmatika.wordpress.com/ Fri 17th *The View From Here* http://www.viewfromheremagazine.com Sat 18th *3AM * http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/buzzwords/ Sun 19th *Lizzy’s Literary* Life http://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/ Mon 20th *Digital Fiction* […]
The kind of criticism every writer needs After a great day’s workshopping in Oxford, I was quite surprised to get my ‘free read’ from The Literary Consultancy this morning, because I had more or less forgotten about it. Actually, to speak completely accurately, I remembered it on Thursday, and then forget it totally in the […]
When life gives you lemons … … make lemonade. When life gives you workshoppers … workshop! Friday was an absolute blast. Yes, for those who care, I wore the red boots and the Armani red-stripe shirt. Yes, I did throw up for three days before hand, and didn’t sleep properly the whole of the previous […]
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