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Friday, 25 April 2014

Procrastinating Again? And Again? And Again?

[ETA 1st May 2020:] When I was asked to record a short film for the Royal Literary Fund, about a writing talisman, there was really only one thing I could honestly talk about: the Instant Gratification Monkey. His role and character has changed hugely since I wrote this post six years ago, so do click through to the RLF Showcase to watch it. *** When things are quiet on here, I know a post about procrastination will liven it up, but things are pretty lively at the moment. However, I've come across a post about it on the splendid Wait... Read more →

Posted at 08:15 PM in A Writer's Life, Academic Writing, Blog and blogging, Book Trade, Creativity, Teaching Writing, THE DREAM FACTORY, THE EXPEDITION, THE FUEL TANK, THE RE-FUELLING STATION, You and your writing | | Comments (14)

Monday, 14 April 2014

So what counts as historical fiction?

If you're reading this in March 2017, and you're in reach of London on Monday March 27th, do come along to our WordsAway Salon, at the Tea House Theatre Vauxhall, where historical novelist Essie Fox, Kellie Jackson and I will be talking all things Historical Fiction. Starts at 7.45, but the venue's open all day, and there's wine, beer, tea and very splended cake on sale! More details here: http://www.wordsaway.info/salons/2016/11/12/writing-historical-fiction-with-essie-fox ------------------------------------------------------------ It's a hardy perennial: what makes a book-length act of storytelling about the past count as historical fiction? You'd be surprised at how many different answers there are. Whether... Read more →

Posted at 10:30 PM in A Secret Alchemy, Academic Creative Writing, Books and reading, Craft, Genres, Historical Fiction, THE DREAM FACTORY, THE TIME-AND-SPACE MACHINE, You and your writing | | Comments (24)

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