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Lucy Sussex has written a very short review of Heart of the Mirage for The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, appearing yesterday (Sunday). I am tickled pink to be in The Age and to have a writer as talented as Lucy say nice … Continue reading
Category Archives: On writing
1. A character who looks in a mirror (shop window or whatever) so that the author can then describe them. So done to death. 2. A dream sequence where the reader is misled into thinking it is real, only to have character … Continue reading
The plane was full from New York to Kuala Lumpur. The man sitting next to me was American. ‘Your first trip to Malaysia?’ I asked at some point, one of those casual questions you tend to ask of a fellow … Continue reading
Years ago, when I was a hopeful, unpublished writer – and thought I was a great deal better than I actually was – I started to shop my work around. Rejections followed. And no matter how often you are told … Continue reading
Today’s tip is all about the word: “that“. Take a look at this rather silly sentence: That that that, that one that we see here, can be removed is not in doubt. This sentence is actually grammatically correct. It’s also … Continue reading
Which or that? The problem arises when either of these two words is used as a relative pronoun (if you really want to know the name). {What’s a relative pronoun? Well, it’s a word that introduces a clause and refers to an … Continue reading
Is it: He’s coming too or He’s coming, too I don’t want one either or I don’t want one, either The answer on this one is actually quite simple. You can please yourself. There are no set rules, at least none that are applied regularly … Continue reading
I wish there was a formula. Do this, so that, and there you are. But alas, there are as many different ways of writing as there are authors, and each author may not stick to the same method for each … Continue reading
I think, if anything, the only thing posts of mine on this subject are going to say of value is this: everyone has to select the way that best suits their own creative mind. I obviously seem to hate to … Continue reading
So there I am, on the bus, discovering the route as I journey. Sometimes it all goes far too slowly to please me; at other times I race along at over 3,000 words a day. [I think the most I’ve … Continue reading