The last edit
"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away." Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Freudian slip
It was hot, I was tired. When she asked me what kind of books I write, I said 'hysterical novels'. Perhaps I should be thinking of changing genre?
Theme
If plot is the body of a novel, then the theme is its soul. It is the subtle core, the message which the author wishes to convey. It is probably…
Keep the research factual
I'm now deep in research on medieval cathedrals, wondering whether all this is going to end in the 10th, 11th or 12th century. I've just finished a short book on…
What day was it?
Back in the 90s, I picked up a book called 'Days, Months & Years - a perpetual calendar for the past, present and future' by the extraordinarily named Magdalen Bear.…