Off the shelf

Don’t write what you know; write what you love. Writing my first novel, Lady MacBethad, was like the bursting of a pipe. The words gushed out of me, and the story flew onto the page with a kind of fre

Over my decades-long writing life, I’ve been a reader, judge and (sometimes) an organiser for many novel-writing competitions, including the Harry Bowling Prize, the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s

If you’ve run out of room with little possibility of building outwards, don’t despair – there are many ways you can better utilise the space you have

What questions should today’s writers and artists be asking? Responses from authors at the Hay Festival and the TLS

Alan Wen speaks to three concept artists about the varied and iterative processes that make up one of the most misunderstood crafts in the game industry

Creating character is one of the most fascinating aspects of the writing process, and often the basis for the most intriguing and compelling work. The WM writers responded to the ‘Getting to Know You’