In her book Around the Writer’s Block, Rosanne Bane recommends something called Process Time as a way to maximise writing joy and efficiency. It’s time you schedule and spend creatively, but not on something you intend to sell. You’re not…
A while ago I listened to a Dutch mystery podcast called De Brand in het Landhuis, in which the host tries to find out what happened to an eccentric aristocrat who died feet from his front door when his mansion went…
Memories of my early writing days are patchy, but I still remember bits and pieces—and one thing I remember, quite fondly, is how I used to think I had to describe everything. Imagine this: you are thirteen. You are a…