Writing tips are fucking everywhere. Every fucker from Elmore Leonard down has written the fuckers. If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be blogging about where to place a fucking apostrophe. Even I’ve written some. They drive me fucking mad, but they are easier than getting on with my next fucking […]
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12 YEARS A WRITER
I have been a published writer for twelve years this month. Here are some things I have learnt in that time. 1. Agents know the best restaurants. 2. E-books didn’t exist 12 years ago. They do now. No biggie. 3. Social media is the best thing that has ever happened […]
THOUGHT
Adding anxiety to depression is a bit like adding cocaine to alcohol. It presses fast-forward on the whole experience. You don’t have a second. You don’t have a single waking second outside of the fear. You crave a moment, a single second of not being terrified, but the moment never […]
HOW TO GET PUBLISHED
1. Write a really good book. 2. By good, I mean the book you actually want to write, written the way you want to write it. If that means writing War and Peace with talking squirrels, then do it. Just write the thing you are going to believe in the […]
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU WEAKER
It’s hard to explain depression to people who haven’t suffered from it. It is like explaining life on Earth to an alien. The reference points just aren’t there. You just have to resort to metaphors. You are at the bottom of the ocean. You are on fire. The main thing […]