What are some of the best tips you’ve taken on board from other writers whose work you love? Name the writers and their book that inspired y...

I’m back after not being able to post last time because I was traveling for work. This week’s question is a good one, but I’m in too somber ...

I was supposed to write about something else this week, but a terrible tragedy occurred. My great friend and writer Mark Pryor passed away u...

Would you prefer to write a sex scene or a murder scene? By Dietrich Ask a writer if they’d rather script a bedroom scene or a killing, and ...

  Terry here with our question of the week:  Would you prefer to write a sex or a murder scene? Is it important to include both in a crime n...

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 ...