I promised to keep it short this time. So I will. Two quotes appealed to the writer in me during the week, and might just exercise your smile muscles too: 1. DH Lawrence when Heinemann rejected ‘Sons and Lovers‘, citing as their reason ‘want of reticence’: ‘Curse the blasted, jelly-boned swines, the slimy, the belly-wriggling [...]
It’s exactly a year ago since I started writing this weekly blog, and I have to admit I’ve enjoyed doing so far more than I anticipated. And I love getting your responses – emails, phonecalls, blog comments, snail mail, carrier pigeon – so please keep them coming. It’s so encouraging to know real live human [...]
When I was little I had an irritating habit of starting things and then getting bored and moving on to something else, leaving a scattering of unfinished projects in my wake. Then as I grew up I swung the other way and became quite obsessionally Mastermind-ish (‘I’ve started so I’ll finish’). Witness my compulsion to [...]
I’ve just this evening returned home after a rather horrible couple of weeks, so forgive me if this time my blog is more serious than you have come to expect. In my novel, Right to Die, Adam O’Neill is a young journalist with a bright future when he is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. He’s [...]