What glorious assumptions, that THE READING PARTY will have readers and that they will want to know about the author! As a first-time writer, I don’t take such things for ...
The format of a writer’s day totally depends on where the writer is at in her current writing project… If I’m near the beginning, I might be plotting and planning ...
I find coming up with ten things I'd like anyone to know about me a little tricky, as although I put larger than life characters out there though my writing, ...
I’m half-Arab and half-Scottish. Growing up in London, it seemed completely usual to me to have parents from such different backgrounds. Now I’m older I feel so grateful that I ...
Life has changed so much over the last 50 years that it becomes increasingly difficult to recall what life was like for all of us growing up in the 1960s. ...
I was educated in Welsh from about the age of four, and definitely think this has had a major impact on my writing. I studied Welsh Literature a lot at ...
1 – I lived in Istanbul for eleven years and speak Turkish, which comes in handy in kebab shops. I loved the food culture in Turkey and the general hospitality, ...
Sarah Ashley Neal trained in holistic therapies and dabbled in business before launching Emotional Sandwiches®. When she isn’t engaging with her entrepreneurial mindset, she is reconciled with a yoga mat ...
I was a Parisienne for 18 years and frankly, there was very little I found romantic when I lived there. Intense emotion occurred only when the bus stop was cleaned, ...
You can bring the power of yes into your daily life without turning your world upside down – here are ten simple tips to get you started: Never stop learning. ...
Julie writes a piece for us on the publication of her new novel Disappearance at Oare A writer writes every day…. or do I? Leading up to the publication of ...
Quit searching for your bikini figure. If you are not willing to do heavy sports regularly and restrict eating to a level of a toddler to get a Bikini figure, ...
I was named after a Russian friend of my mother’s. In Poland and Russia the name Marisha is a common term of endearment for the name Mary. One of my ...
I’m a qualified solicitor (and a half-qualified barista). I left a career in corporate law to become a writer. I also once did half a barista course, meaning I ...
by Geeta Vara, the founder of Geeta Vara Ayurveda If you’ve heard of Ayurveda, you probably think of vata, pitta and kapha – your dosha type. Doshas are central to ...
The Clockmaker is a collaborative book by Drew Neary and Ceri Williams and the first of an upcoming series. The idea initially came from Drew-based on a minor character in ...
I love to bake. Unlike writing a book, which can take several years, baking is instant gratification. I find rising dough magical—a little ball under a towel becomes a big ...
