I am not, sadly, an amazing baker. If I were to appear on The Great British Bake-off: An Extra Slice,…
On hanging up my ‘Business Hat’
Twenty years ago next January, I started my editorial business. I sent a lot of letters/emails, set up my first…
The book I keep with me
What’s your oldest book? The one that’s so well thumbed, it’s on the brink of falling part (which is a…
On writing while pregnant: nine months, five novels
Twenty-thirteen. Spring. It was gloomy and dark, I remember, the day I went into my office and wrote the opening…
A little tour of Oxford, ‘city of dreaming spires’
My son has been determined to go to university since he was a little boy and I first began taking…
Writing for the sheer love of it
Are you living the dream as a writer, or have you got a little lost along the way? Remember all…
Shipping your writing, and then leaving it at sea
Do you ‘ship’ your writing? Steve Jobs famously told Apple developers that they must ship, i.e. deliver their work. Creatives…
A salute to writers
Writing is hard sometimes. Some days the words flow; some days we get in our own way. I wrote the…
