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You start structuring a book by being very clear on what you are writing about. Sounds simple? You (sort of) know what you want to say...

​ It has been a busy year in publishing – and its only July. The good news is that reading has not been hit by the two years of lock...

Where are you going with all this writing? What is the end game? Do you simply love writing with no real outcome required? Is it profit?...

What is your book about? The dreaded question. The answer is most likely 'a HELL of a lot - do you have two hours?' People don't, so...

What is a ghost writer and why may you need one? And when should you actually write your own book? I'm just going to unpack that a...

What! You ask. Why trouble? Why would I need anyone to do this in a book? Have you ever heard that books are driven by conflict? This...

​Even though you may be the 'main character' in a memoir, this book is not just about you. Even non-fiction needs other characters. And...

​I had no name. No attachments. No family. No form. No purpose. I was a floating, formless, light being. Totally at peace in the vast,...

​I was carrying all my otherworldly secrets with me. Sometimes at night I would just close my eyes and feel myself shooting through the...

​I had been to see him the day before and sat next to him a while as his chest heaved and rattled. I whispered to him. Stroked his...

The ICU at night is a terrifying nightmare world. Not even Dean Koontz or Steven King could imagine the nights of terror. It was cold and...

I have watched movies about people waking from a coma. They opened their eyes and the fog cleared. It’s nothing like that. Waking up from...

Floating. Aeons ago I left the world of men, of form and substance. I am floating away in the universe. I know it is the universe as I...

I have shot out of the hospital. I have long left my body. ​It was so fast I didn’t even notice it. One second I was hovering somewhere...

It’s a romantic idea ... to ‘write a book’. It gives us a purpose and something to do. It gives us somewhere to pour our time into. It is...

What am I doing here? It’s an easy Sunday morning and I am sitting on a cold concrete floor with my legs stretched out in front of me and...

Choosing a genre is the starting point in all fiction writing. I cannot stress this enough. Please do not start your book until you are...

Books are loooooong and so many can be really boring. As an author that is your problem to solve, and it often means you need to engage...

​Writing about yourself is an exercise in both honesty and storytelling. You are narrating your own life or experience, but you are also...

If Einstein was right, and a problem cannot be solved using the mindset that created it, perhaps we should be discussing our climate...