Finding time to write? …Time? …What time?

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Apparently (and this is the philosopher in me) there are two distinct viewpoints on time – at least according to Wikipedia. (Oops, did I mention that particular research tool?) You might belong to the camp that believes time is part of the fundamental make up…

Caro Clarke: Can she be smart and still in peril?

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Nine Don’ts when writing about a female protagonist Today, we are joined by my guest, Caro Clarke. Caro is a Canadian, born in Ontario. She spent her childhood in various oil towns from Alaska to Newfoundland, but eventually her family settled in Calgary, Alberta. Caro…

Handy hint #1 – the lighter side of self-publishing or…

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Self publishing 101: Economics So, after refusing to accept rejection – or, rather, ‘…getting fed up of waiting for an agent to pick up my work with anything more than a resigned shrug and the comment “what’s this?” to his assistant, late on a Friday…

Rejection? A question of culture…

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ It was reinforced to me, today, as I spent a pleasurable few hours lecturing about change and the management of change to a very important student of the educational institute I am now a member of, that we can never take anything for granted. Cultural…

‘A box?’ said Alice…

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ I have a confession to make! I also write non-fiction – mainly academic stuff (under my other name)! But, funnily enough, I have the same problem with non-fiction as I do with fiction (and if you have a spare $99.95, you can see what I…

Dar al-kutub… On the House of Books

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ It has been a busy week for me, back here in the UK. I have taken up a new position in a London-based institute of Higher Education, and this has left me little time to think of something interesting to say to support you all,…