Would you prefer to write a sex or a murder scene? Is it important to include both in a crime novel? They say you should write what you know...

What have you sacrificed to be a writer? When I reflect on my regrets as a writer, it's the small sacrifices and compromises I have made...

What have you sacrificed as a writer?  Apart from the obvious: paid holidays, paid sick leave, a pension and a monthly salary (although I...

  Life: What have you sacrificed as a writer?  (TV? Fitness? Family? Marriage? A well paying job?! and how do you feel about that.) When I m...

   The Strait of Hormuz is in the news again.   In 1956, another strategically vital waterway became the center of a cris...

Acknowledgements vary between a terse paragraph and pages of prose. How do you manage them? (And do you read them in others' books?) I a...

Acknowledgements vary between a terse paragraph and pages of prose. How do you manage them? (And do you read them in others' books?) By ...

  Terry here with our question of the week: Acknowledgements vary between a terse paragraph and pages of prose. How do you manage them? (And...

Being part of the literary community is one of the best parts of being a writer. What would you do differently if you were starting your car...

What would you do differently if you were starting your career in today’s publishing landscape? I'm tussling hard with this one. I wrote...

  What would you do differently if you were starting your career in today’s publishing landscape? I’ve thought about this a lot over the yea...