

Bringing Out the Best in Your Writing
There are times as a writer which are joyous in the extreme. In ways which are often hard to describe to a non-writer, the act of writing...


Editing Part 1: My Role as an Editor
I have seen quite a few conversations on the web over time in which the process of editing is questioned and most often misunderstood, so...

Myth and the 'Now' Part Twenty Two: The Monomyth
I’ve always liked simplicity. To me, when examining any area in any detail, if my mind is asking questions such as ‘But why is this so?’...

Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...


What Is An 'Author Platform'? And What Does It Have To Do With You?
You’ve probably heard the term ‘author platform’. You may not be quite sure what it means. Part of the reason that it is hard to define...


The Wit of G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (Knight Commander with Star of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great) (1874 – 1936)...


6 Points to Spark Creativity
I’ve written extensively about creativity in the past in relation to education in particular, but here I’m going to adapt one of those...

Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...


5 Steps to Create Young Readers
I’ve written a whole book about helping children to read. More than just getting them to read, though, the idea is to help them to enjoy...