Month: August 2016

Authors & Books – Anne Lamott and bird by bird

Many writers know the tyranny of the blank page – and not just at the start of a piece of writing. It’s a strange and magical trick to conjure up something seemingly from nothing, and then believe (that’s one of the most important parts) in its reality so much that you stick with it and …

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Daylight – finishing a new novel

Light at the end of a celestial tunnel. I know; why a ‘new’ novel and not simply a novel? Well…it’s different. Not better or worse, just a changed experience – like my parents must have felt with a second child. You feel you know the ropes a bit more and you swear that you won’t make the …

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