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Performance Anxiety: Or When Writing a Book is Easier Than Reading It
I confessed to him that my anxiety about reading live was by now stopping me sleeping.
Litro #153: Open | Q&A: Author | Jane Rogers
“I think I usually write my way into things.”
Networking for Writers
A writing career requires, no less than in any other field, the ability to network.
Social Media for Writers
Before my first novel came out I virtually never used social media.
Everyone’s a critic: dealing with negative reviews
For any author smarting from a negative review or a snotty star rating, I heartily recommend the Goodreads exercise. Make a list of the best books you’ve ever read, the ...
How Does a Writer Deal with Other People’s Negativity?
Negative reactions are also sometimes from people, usually close friends and family, who can’t bear the thought that you might be wasting your life chasing an impossible dream. People who ...
How Does a Writer Deal with Other People's Negativity?
Negative reactions are also sometimes from people, usually close friends and family, who can’t bear the thought that you might be wasting your life chasing an impossible dream. People who ...
Dealing with the Inner Critic
There is a plus side. The Inner Critic, like all aspects of the psyche is multifaceted. Perfectionism is his or her middle name. So as well as being highly effective ...
The Nuts and Bolts of Making a Book Happen
The commonest complaint that writers make is that there isn’t enough time in the day. Once you’ve accounted for the day job, recovering from the day job, child-care, emptying and ...
Wolf Packs and the Lonely Writer
Writing, by its very nature, is a solitary and inward pursuit. Most writers will be able to identify with Proust scribbling away in his cork-lined room, averse to any contamination ...
The Stealthy Muse
My favoured form of creative sustenance is visual art, particularly modern art. Perhaps this is because images invite the viewer to create their own narrative where one may not already ...
Story Totems: The Stuff That Litters Writers’ Desks
I suspect that every writer’s desk has a tide-mark of stuff arranged around its periphery, totemic objects that connect us in some way to our writing.