Advertise here via BSA A few weeks ago I was told an absolutely incredible story. One of those stories that makes you immediately want to go out and tell it to everyone you know. Which, over the next few days,…

Advertise here via BSA God is in the details, or so they say. The more I read, the more I find this to be especially true in writing. If you want to write a convincing, engaging story that lives and…

The Old Tortoise is Slowing Down Here we are in the final stretch! I hope everyone is doing much better than I am. With Thanksgiving this Thursday and busy weekends, I will have to do some mad dashes to make…

Advertise here via BSA Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Jack Lenox, creator of writing community Jottify. We talked about his site, his hopes for the future of publishing, and being tweeted about by Stephen Fry… —————————————————————————————————————————- Chris…

Advertise here via BSA So, you want to write a novel? There is often a lot of debate about how long a novel should be, which also depends on what genre you are writing, and the debate is too wide…

Ask any writer who their worst critic is and they will more than likely answer, “Me”. We are notorious for being hard on ourselves, and heaping unnecessary pressure onto our work, which only serves to make our writing more difficult.…

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. – Stephen King Sometimes I think we forget that reading, as well as actually writing, is one of…

Lately I have been reading quite a lot of H.P. Lovecraft. One thing that I love so much about his work, alongside his boundless imagination and knack for creating truly horrifying tales, is that his writing is incredible. Even though…

Recently, I’ve been trying to get back into running. I haven’t ran properly since about 6 months ago, so I’m finding it hard. Surprisingly hard, much harder than when I’ve returned to running from a break before. What’s this got…

With people, I am as faithful as they come. But with stories, it seems, I cannot help but be unfaithful. As soon as I start to really fall for a story, to get to know it well, to understand what…

“Most of what I know about writing fiction I learned by running every day.” – Haruki Murakami The quote above is taken from Haruki Murakami’s brilliant memoir ‘What I Talk About When I Talk About Running’. He happens to be…

“When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” – Kurt Vonnegut If the feeling described in this quote sounds familiar, you’re not alone. We all feel helpless sometimes when we sit down…

Inhale. Take in as much air as you can. The goal of most of us, as writers, is to cause some sort of an emotional response in our readers. Whether we make them think, or make them angry or sad…