I was here last week; You said, ‘Let’s go somewhere with class, Check out that new Seoul Place: Practice Korean on the staff.’ I told you...

Fancy moving from armchair watcher to cosy detective in the shires? See how many of these traits you can tick to make the transition to...

Before the deadline, his life had been measured by the aristocratic ticktock of duty. His conception, his birth, schooling, friends,...

A little acorn of a tale I’m revising a novel that has grown from 300 words when I lost it about 12 years ago, to over 100k words. It seems the characters I didn't mention in that small piece felt the need to make an entrance. What was a short literary piece became the prologue – yes, prologue, not chapter, what? – to a story that grew to 136k words. At this point, if you’re a new writer, you’ll slap yourself on the back for a great sense of achievement. That’s a good many wo

Mrs Jones said to me: “I don’t care if you’re a darkie Come on in and have A cup of tea with me.”   I can’t be offended at Mrs Jones...

Is it just me? Over the past three or four years, I've become increasingly confused by the merge of science fiction and fantasy. Perhaps...

Ah, if only we had a penny, cent or whatever your minimal currency is where you are, for every time a new writer said, “But if I show you...

I don't write poetry that regularly, but when the inspiration hits me I sometimes dash off a few lines - and I like to throw in a bit of...

This is about my journey into space for the first time.  I didn’t travel on a spaceship, but the plane was big enough to look like one....

Have you noticed how the powers that be control us? Not how but how? It’s become really noticeable in social media. There was time when I...

Elitism in Writing? Who, me?   I'm always surprised by people who say they never read fiction. Quite often it's done with a sense of...

Have you noticed how the powers that be control us? Not how, but how ? It’s become really noticeable in social media. There was time when...

Warning: This is a controversial piece.   Forgetting I'm at that age where you start to worry about things like memory loss, forgetting...

In marketing my writing, I'm playing a waiting game similar to the one we see at the end of The Langoliers.  Never heard of it? Well, if...

Hello. The name’s Robot. Why Robot.   I’m the advocate for the new batch of drones under the serial model number awk/WRD1s, or the squad....

Some of us write for the love of it; some for money; some for fame. And of course, these can all overlap. Back in 2011 I had some...

When I started writing, I didn't know I was going to end up being a multi-genre writer. I'm not sure I'd ever even heard of one. That's...

This is about my  journey in learning how to write a romance, which means you can expect to hear me giving advice and talking like I'm an...

At some point one or both protagonists must accept that they are in love. Do you want them to start the book in love, out of love,...

The traditional Western romance formula will usually entail a man, a woman, their relationship, and their happy-ever-after, also known...