The Word Cloud

"some historical fiction, where you can get an endless list of well researched historical detail at the expense of a story - not all of course, but I've struggled through some real clunkers!" Yes - historical fiction as data handling. "Data is ...

TF - Great blog! And yes, rinse and repeat... I so recognise that business of the first stuff on the page being undigested research - data, as Rose Tremain calls it. For it to stop being data you have to leave it behind - forget it, in some ...

While we're on the subject, this is a very good site for a roundup of competions, maintained by the heroic (as well as delightful) Sally Quilford https://writingcalendar.wordpress.com/

"While book number 2 brews, I will continue to submit book number 1." Go Skylark! If anyone reading this is wondering what this business of an agent loving a book, suggesting lots of stuff, and so on is all about, then Harry's WAAYB Guide to ...

Oh, Skylark, that is so hard. Huge, huge sympathy (and fellow-feeling, because I've been there and it was the worst rejection I've ever had, of many. AND it was about a parallel narrative problem) Wishing you all the comfort food/drink/shopping that ...

Just dropping in to mention that my preferred oil is Chateau Margaux 1992. Or 1997. I'm not particular to a year or two...

This blog needs a tea alert stamped on it - I spilt mine, I was laughing so hard. Just brilliant. Only one improvement I can suggest to this sure-fire strategy for landing a top agent: all top agents to be addressed as Dear Mr/Mrs Literacy Agent.

Thank you for answer, I suppose I will get advertise in blog for some support. I hopeful next few days.

Hi Zoolane - I'm afraid I don't have any particular resources for dyslexia - it's quite a specialist area. There may well be other Cloudies who know more than I do, though.

Hiya, I don't suppose a sort guide blog to do with anything with writng for dyslexic. I am sorry to bother I know you must be busy.

It's that bit harder to do. Part 4 of my series on PoV goes into handling a moving PoV, so that might help (but do read from the first one, because they build on each other) But don't listen to people who say you mustn't use a moving point of view. ...

Islander, it isn't really a question of popular - it's about what's right for the book. You'll find all kinds of narrative in all kinds of books - although the character-narrator "writing" in first person seems to hold a good deal of sway in YA, as ...

Meant to say, the Society of Authors has a leaflet about what expenses are allowable against tax, for writers. (And if you're eligible to join, and do join, they have a tax helpline which I've heard very good things of. Plus, members can insure ...