On life, and writing – another in a continuous series of portraits of the writer as a young woman. (Originally appeared at The Book View Cafe – http://bookviewcafe.com) ~~~ A…Continue readingThere can be only one
It started last night. He turned up in my dream, Chalky, the protagonist of my current WIP. He’s nineteen years old, pushing twenty. He’s a kid who has had a…Continue readingA character tells me off
Our world is always full of unexpected lacunae, gaps and hollows that we don’t know are there until we step into one. We twist our ankle, and sit down and…Continue readingStory Friday: What The Bee Knows
Send to Kindle What comes first, the plot, the idea behind the plot, the problem, the setting, the character?? Which is the most important, the most essential, tool? For me,…Continue readingA Question of Character
Send to Kindle I’m not sure if this was something that is hard-wired in us or if it is something that we have acquired along the evolutionary path but we…Continue readingBack Door into Magic
From a Fantasy Literature interview sometime ago. How would you distinguish, if in fact you do, the writing you do for adults versus the writing you do for YA? Is…Continue readingI don’t write down
A life is made of moments. It is stitched together from the things you remember most vividly — the peaks and the valleys, the turning points, the places where you…Continue readingTake a Moment