How the Marrakech Medina broke me and the creative midlife reckoning that followed. The hormonal rollercoaster of being a woman of a certain age comes with the erosion of the foundations of who you think you are as a person. I was completely unprepared for that. How is that possible? How many utterly cringeworthy videos …
Life might be telling Sunday Reilly she’s past her use-by date. But she’s not planning to go quietly.
A free e-copy of my latest novel, “Sunday Riley is All Out of F*cks to Give” Exciting news! I’ve been given a link to a free preview copy of my e-book, SUNDAY RILEY IS ALL OUT OF F*CKS TO GIVE and told to share it with friends who might want to read it in advance …
Every writer’s been there. That terrible moment where we really should be writing, but choose to do anything but. Here are the tricks that get me writing again.
The question I’m asked most often by aspiring writers is how it’s done; my answer is pretty simple: Write… Just write… then write some more. This is expanding on one of the points I made the other day about some of the things that work for me as a writer. And this is in response …
So now I embark on what ranks as my least favourite part of the “oh, hey, yeah, I’m a writer” way of life. The sitting around waiting after my manuscript has been sent out for consideration. Right now, it’s with my agent. If she gives it the thumbs up, it goes out to publishers. Which …
Today’s been a good day. A very good day. For my writerly work, I mean. I’ve been skipping around certain pretty enormous shifts I had to make to my manuscript, and when I woke up this morning, I knew that today was the day. And that I didn’t want to stop until the job was …
When I say I’ve always wanted to be an author, I’m not exaggerating. Witness: my first self-published piece of fiction: “the elvse and the showmaker”. Yes, I clearly needed the guiding hand of a good editor. And I was yet to grasp the concept of plagiarism. But, still – I was barely 5. Cut me …
Know when you’re getting old? When this becomes the perfect way to spend a Saturday evening. Hello, bubbles. Alcoholic, and L’Occitane Lavender bath foam, natch. See you in a couple of hours. What’s your go-to spot for a goodtime Saturday night?
Whether or not I’m ‘special’ is open for debate. But I certainly will be a guest, and I am an author. Most importantly, I can’t wait to spend time with the book-loving devotees of Dymocks Camberwell next Tuesday 3 September at their First Tuesday Book Club, to speak about all things Emerald Tablet. 6.30 at …