I like writing in chapters. I’ve seen the arguments against them from writers like Terry Pratchett. How they say that we don’t split our lives into chapters, so it really doesn’t make sense to split our stories (which are meant to be reflections of our lives) into chapters. That’s all very well. Maybe he’s right.

Just over two years ago, I published my first novel, Magnus Opum, in ebook form. It was a moment that filled me with great pride at the time. To think that I could actually finish a novel-length work and make it available to the world seemed like a major achievement. Over the last two years,

There are lots of rules for writing. I know that because I keep seeing them all over the place. 10 rules for this and 10 rules for that. Lists put up by famous writers, and lists put up by people I’ve never heard of. I know rules are good. I know they help to give

Writing is difficult, right? I suppose I better say yes. After all, given that last week I wrote about how writing makes my brain hurt. Seems like I’d be a bit of a hypocrite if I then came out and said the complete opposite. People would start to think I made up these posts on

People think we writers have it easy. What a great job. You get to sit in front of a computer and make stuff up. Or maybe you recline on a couch with a piece of paper and make stuff up. Or perhaps, you sit in a cafe, nursing a cup of coffee and making stuff