Writers' know-how

Why creative writing courses are good for your soul as well as for developing your writing technique.

What are the most influential banned books? Here’s a kind of Top 20.

UPDATED! This book, which has received 19 five star reviews on Amazon, is available for just 49 pence for one week only. Read on to find out how to obtain the discount.

The forthcoming edition of Terry Freedman’s Books Bulletin may be short, but it packs a lot in: a bookshop review, book review plus three must-attend events.

UPDATED! There are many brilliant-sounding sessions at the London Book Fair this year. Here are the ones which appeal to me, plus a free download.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s important for writers to become acquainted with other aspects of their craft, and to explore areas that are not immediately perceived to be “relevant”.

Here is a quick round-up of this week’s most popular posts from the Writers’ Know-How website.

What a lovely problem to have: so much work that you need some assistance keeping track! In my forthcoming Journalist’s Toolkit course I’ll be looking at a range of options.

How can you remember all those ideas you have or snippets of conversation you hear while out and about? These ten note-taking approaches should help.

Does a writer need to have enjoyed a 100% success rate when querying editors in order to teach others how to query? Hopefully not!

This is an interesting book whose title under-promises and over-delivers.

It’s all very well being able to write, but what about how we write, that is the tools we use? There is a fascinating exhibition coming in London in April 2019 that explores this.

Freelance writers’ earnings tend to be very low for most people. However, this book provides suggestions on how to make decent money in this field.

The demise of public libraries is appalling. What can we do about it?

My personal tribute to the sports writer Hugh McIlvanney.

The seminars running at the London Book Fair 2019 are now published on the LBF website. I’ve identified a few great looking sessions, as always.

Once again this year, the London Book Fair will run awards for book bloggers, bookstagrammers and book tubers. This article gives links to the brilliant people who won the awards in 2018.

There are many ways, in many countries, in which a writer can get into serious trouble. This article outlines some of them. Based on a talk and panel discussion at the London Book Fair 2018.

What’s a book of paintings got to do with the writing process?