Your talk needn’t be terrifying

Twenty years ago, three twenty-somethings officially launched a new video platform. It was called YouTube, and the first video was of one of its founders at the zoo. Since then, estimates suggest that

This year marks the publication of my eighth novel, The Time Hop Coffee Shop. Eight feels like quite an impressive number, especially when there were times I thought I’d never get a book published. I

Q‘I’m 61 and have just moved from London to Scotland to start a new life. The scenery is breathtaking but my social life… less so. I’ve always been “the nice one” – helpful, upbeat, unfailingly polite

I’ve been a professional writer now for about 30 years. I love it and have been very lucky to be able to eke out a living in such a way. The job, however, like any other, is not without its hardships

In the first part of our examination of The Building Block of Dialogue, we looked at how to build a Scene of Dialogue. A Scene of Dialogue contains the elements which supplement the words spoken by th

The lives of Clara and Nancy are worlds apart – but is it time for them to finally live out their dream?