It is Solved by Walking

It is Solved by Walking

Mar 31, 2025 | Readers, Writers

My mother and I recently strolled through Cloudehill Gardens in Olinda, enjoying the early autumn leaves on maples and liquidambars, water droplets glistening on lamb’s-ear, glazed blue pots filled with variegated foliage, and burbling water features. Carved into a...
Beginnings

Beginnings

Sep 16, 2022 | Writers

The opening chapter of a novel is the element that is rewritten, amended and tweaked more than any other part of a story. Ask any writer how many versions of an opening chapter they have written, and the answer will be dozens, if not more. Deciding on exactly where...
Nothing Wasted

Nothing Wasted

Jun 1, 2021 | Writers

When I completed the first draft of The Engraver, I honestly believed it was pretty good. My brash opinion lasted only a few days. After I climbed down from my pedestal, I looked at the manuscript with fresh eyes and realised that no one would publish it in its...

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