My Mother’s Secret – Location
There’s a thin band of cream silhouetting the cranes that hover over the half-built office...
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Marketing and Me
'I don't much like it. Marketing is about selling & writers, as we know, are...
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The best writing advice I ever received
The thing about being a writer and not having a ‘proper’ job is that we...
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How to create the perfect villain!
https://youtu.be/SmP_Svt1Elo Today I ran a lesson about villains for homeschool with my nine-year-old daughter. She...
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Blueprint for a house…and a story
In May 2017 we bought a house in Somerset. It was originally built in the...
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Letter to my younger self
What would you tell yourself if you could? The Royal Literary Fund recently gave me...
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How I write
The Royal Literary Fund has recorded a mini -podcast with me on how I write...
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How to write a thriller
In a few days time I’m heading to Ted Hughes’ old house, Lumb Bank, in...
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Becoming a coach
I’ve just returned to working for charity, First Story, this month. First Story’s aim...
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My Writing Toolkit
Book blogger and health journalist, Victoria Goldman, asked me to tell her what my essential writing...
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In a thriller, nowhere is safe…
This is a blog post I wrote on the importance of setting for The Asian...
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How to tell a good plot
My seven-year-old daughter is teaching me how to plot. She’s drawn a story mountain for...
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