Don't want to get Written Off before you start? Paul Carroll, author of 'Written Off' gives ten pieces of advice for aspiring authors. Plan. Do you develop your characters, ...
1. What can you tell our readers about your new book A Matter of Life and Death?
The short answer is it’s 'Six Feet Under meets It's a Wonderful Life'. It's a ...
I've always been drawn to ink. From my early school days in Leeds I was hell bent on becoming a journalist. Only things didn't turn out quite the way I'd ...
Gearing up for the release of their new single ‘Binary’ on June 9, alt-indie and dark pop trio Stalagmites certainly have a sound unlike any other we’ve heard before. Made ...
The world is looking for ‘a cure’ to stop people from getting sick, but what many of us don’t realise is that our children are the cure. Writing the Academy ...
In M. Night Shyamalan’s hit new psychological thriller, viewers are taken on a journey with three girls kidnapped by a man (James McAvoy) who’s diagnosed with 23 distinct personalities. Trying ...
When I was younger, I used to dream about what being an author would be like. It usually involved me sitting at an oversized antique desk in the middle of ...
Dawn-Maria France is an accomplished, award-winning journalist and travel writer who is passionate about children's and women's rights, equality and diversity. She is Editor-in-Chief of a successful news magazine: Yorkshire ...
I never go anywhere without a notebook. I have notebooks of varying sizes and weights so that I can fit one in almost any bag. You never know when inspiration ...
It’s no secret that I love movies and TV, nor that I often write with telly on in the background. Writing The Friend, my 12th novel, a book about the ...
Your first apartment will be a disaster. You come to New York in search of something. Your life is still in the process of formation. This means you probably don’t ...
Upon the release of her new book The New Mrs Clifton, Elizabeth Buchan tells us how to survive when you write for a living. Be humble in the face of ...
At eleven years old, my nickname was Little Olga. The darling of Munich, Olga Korbut, had made a huge impression at the Olympics the year before. Inspired by her I ...
My day usually starts with a mad scramble to get my daughter ready and safely ‘delivered’ to her pre-school or one of her grandparents. Inevitably during the car journey, she’ll ...
A. Bello is a 28-year-old author, founder of The Author School and Lil’ Author Skool, and dance teacher. She wrote the first incarnation of Emily Knight at the age of ...
Author of the Policeman Peter children’s book series. I have been privileged to live on a farm in Denshaw for over thirty years. Denshaw is one of the seven small ...
Robert A. Brown lives with his wife in the West Midlands, where he worked as a teacher until his recent retirement. He enjoys writing and reading his stories to children ...
I’ll get back to you on the bling part. (Temporarily blinded by something sparkly.) Writer’s block hits authors in different ways. For me, my mind goes completely blank and I ...
Female First? Believe it or not I am actually recorded as ‘Male’ on my Birth Certificate! Yep, in the box opposite ‘Sex’ is a great big ‘M’which apparently nobody noticed ...
As Alan Hinkes wrote in the foreword to my book: “It is a tradition among most hillwalkers and climbers to have a refreshing pint or two in the pub at ...
Motherhood and Multiple Sclerosis were born together in my life as my immune system attacked itself in error, following the birth of my wonderful baby boy, Elliot. A journey of ...
Hollywood Medium is without a doubt one of the most gripping reality shows on television, following the journey of medium, clairvoyant and medical intuitive Tyler Henry as he shares his ...
Dear reader, I cannot speak with much authority about the storage of jam but I can tell you that girls’ schools, at least in Ireland, are – much like society! ...
