A writer’s companion

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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

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‘literature is the antidote to numbness’

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Writing Magazine

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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’

Psychologies Magazine

The huge joy of tiny experiments

Every journey begins with the first step, so why are we so impatient to get to the destination, asks Yasmina Floyer

Prima - UK

The language of love

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…

Writing Magazine

Eyes on the prize!

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

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Passion for the past

The TLS

‘literature is the antidote to numbness’

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

Writing Magazine

In the spotlight: your writing getting you know you

Psychologies Magazine

The huge joy of tiny experiments

Every journey begins with the first step, so why are we so impatient to get to the destination, asks Yasmina Floyer

Prima - UK

The language of love