Geoff Palmer - Award-Winning Author -

Writers at work: Haruki Murakami

INTERVIEWER How is your typical workday structured? MURAKAMI When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at[…]

Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell. P D James

As I mentioned last month, I only managed 50,503 words in November. That was enough to “win” NaNoWriMo, but it[…]

Harlan Ellison at full force. 2:02: They always want the writer to work for nothing, and the problem is that[…]

I think [writing] should be done only in private, like any other lavatorial activity. Geoff Dyer .

I made it! As you can see from the glorious graphic, I’m officially a NaNoWriMo “winner” – along with 42,008[…]

Mr and Mrs Veneering were brand-new people in a brand-new house in a brand-new quarter of London. Everything about the[…]

Barring major accident or illness, I’m pretty confident about completing NaNoWriMo now. But not the novel! It feels like I’m[…]

The novel’s still ticking along nicely. Each day, with no planning at all, more of the plot and characters emerge.[…]

The nearest I have to a rule is a Post-it on the wall in front of my desk saying “Faire[…]