There is no such thing as writing for yourself. 

I'll come back to that.

This may sound like self-serving claptrap, but I wanted to take a moment to squawk loudly and proudly about author visits. Not just 'cause a 2013 survey from the Society of Authors found that 99.4...

I've been back from Hay Festival for a few days now, and it's still bringing a smile to my face. After an epic, car-breaking-down journey (Which continued  by train) I was rewarded With An award! I met Steph Roundsmith of the phenomenal KidsReadWriteReview  and was han...

Sometimes, a writer has to let the writing do the writing. I call this ode to libraries simply ... LIBRARIES.

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