There is nothing worse than reading over your creative work and thinking to yourself what is this? We’ve all been there. You’ve spent months working on a novel, poetry collection, stage-play, and suddenly, the pages that once seemed so perfect, make you shift in your chair; drop your face into your hands; have you question … More When Your Creative Idea Seems Hopeless
Alex Reeve Interview conducted by Albie Fasseau Alex Reeve’s Leo Stanhope series consists of three crime novels based in 1880s Victorian England, with a fourth one in the process. With the series still going strong, I wanted to question Alex upon how he truly writes a series, especially one dealing with so many serious issues … More Interview with Alex Reeve
Gillian Best Taster Session- ‘Teaching your Characters to Talk’ Interview conducted by Albie Fasseau Award winning Author Gillian Best’s debut novel, The Last Wave expertly deals with themes of freedom in the form of Swimming. For this interview, I wanted to delve into the origins of Best’s story, and how her experience as a writer, … More Interview with Gillian Best
Diana Evans Headliner Author of 26a, The Wonder & Ordinary People Interview conducted by Tenikah Beveney. A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a Spread the Word writing workshop at which Diana was co-hosting the session with Michael Donkor. I felt incredibly lucky to be able to hear Diana read the … More Headliner Interview with Diana Evans
Roz Morris Ghostwriting Author Talk Author Interview conducted by Emily Wootton. Roz Morris is one of the guest speakers for the Surrey New Writers Festival, and will be giving an author talk on ghostwriting. In this interview, Roz talks about ghostwriting and many things, including writer’s block, research, and a horse named Val… Q: Your … More Interview with Roz Morris
Lucy Hughes-Hallett Magical Realism panel Award-wining historian and novelist. Interview conducted by Beth Roberts. Lucy Hughes-Hallett is an award-winning historian and novelist, who is currently chairing the judging panel for the International Booker Prize. I caught up with Lucy to ask her about her 2019 short-story collection, Fabulous, her 2017 novel, Peculiar Ground and her … More Interview with Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Monica Suswin Wellbeing Writer. Author of A Fox Crossed My Path, Love & Loss, Rope Mates, and Shifting Boundaries Interview conducted by Gigi Bushell. I had the pleasure of e-meeting Monica Suswin who was one of our guest speakers at the Surrey New Writers Festival in 2020. I wanted to take the opportunity to catch-up … More Monica Suswin Catch-up Interview
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