Kill Your Words by Ollie Quain “Kill them. Be ruthless. They are random words…not your cats.” My lovely agent, Ben, said this to me before the primary edit of my first novel, How To Lose Weight And Alienate People. I had handed in the manuscript a week prior. He was very happy with the general […]
My Writing Day By Fanny Blake I read the paper over breakfast and then go into my office at any time between 830 and 930. I treat it just like any working day except I just don’t have to dress up (or even change out of my pyjamas) or commute. I’d like to tell […]
Finding . . . time to write By Lauren Westwood When asked about my typical writing day, I feel a little flash of envy for people who have a typical day! I’d like to say that I wake up early with the sun and the birds, put on a pot of coffee, and sit in […]
THE NOT SO SECRET LIFE OF AN AUTHOR By Amanda Brooke I signed my first book deal in 2011 and ever since then I’ve been living a double life, not least because I write under a different name. I still work full time and for the most part, my home life and day job have […]
Bookaholic Confessions 