Assuming that you convey enough emotion through description and action, said should be all you ever need. Assuming you even need it at all. Matt, Is “said” really so bad?
…it's easier to squeeze a melon through the eye of a needle than it is to get a UK publisher to think in other than Gutenberg terms.
Sir Terry Pratchett on UK publishers
Sir Terry Pratchett apparently said this about UK publishers unwillingness to embrace anything invented after the sixteenth century. We found it on the Internet so "it must be true".
…it’s easier to squeeze a melon through the eye of a needle than it is to get a UK publisher to think in other than Gutenberg terms. Sir Terry Pratchett on UK publishers Sir Terry Pratchett apparently said this about… Continue Reading →
Sometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world.
Malorie Blackman, Boys Don't Cry
Sometimes the things you’re convinced you don’t want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world. Malorie Blackman, Boys Don’t Cry
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.
Beatrix Potter
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you. Beatrix Potter
Leave wasn’t an alternate economic or political model. It was a blank canvas which people could project their hopes, aspirations and frustrations onto. This was the only way you could get voters from the shires to vote with those from post-industrial towns in the north. It was a fantasy land of universal expectation.
Ian Dunt, Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now?: Everything You Need to Know about Britain's Divorce from Europe
Leave wasn’t an alternate economic or political model. It was a blank canvas which people could project their hopes, aspirations and frustrations onto. This was the only way you could get voters from the shires to vote with those from… Continue Reading →
I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it's not the individuals who are prejudiced but society itself?
Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it’s not the individuals who are… Continue Reading →
What I recon we all need is an authors’ research blog – somewhere that writers can post all the researching they do for writing so other writers can use it too. I say we should start one. Like and comment… Continue Reading →
Valentine’s day is a lot of bunk. Who decided that dating should become a national holiday? Not me, that is for sure. When romance becomes a duty – another date where we feel compelled to buys cards and gifts –… Continue Reading →
There is a danger that the end of free movement will create barriers for authors appearing at festivals in the EU, as well as European writers travelling to festivals in the UK. The Government must ensure that visa restrictions do not prevent European creators from entering the UK and British creators from travelling across Europe.
What does Brexit mean for authors? Society of Authors
There is a danger that the end of free movement will create barriers for authors appearing at festivals in the EU, as well as European writers travelling to festivals in the UK. The Government must ensure that visa restrictions do… Continue Reading →
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely
Roald Dahl
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face… Continue Reading →
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