Forget About Fame – Ask for Wonder
“Never once in my life did I ask for success or wisdom or power. I asked for wonder.” Abraham Heschel A few months before my new novel, The Moonlight Dreamers,…
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What makes a great book for you? For me, it’s a cast of colourful, believable characters that I come to think of as friends. The first time I started writing…
Read MoreWhen You’re Drowning … Start Dreaming
If there’s one thing certain about life it’s that, at some point, things are going to get tough. At some point, you’re going to feel as if you’re drowning. The…
Read MoreDreamers of the World Unite … and Write
It’s one week until my new novel, The Moonlight Dreamers, is published and to celebrate I’m running a writing competition. The Moonlight Dreamers is all about the importance of daring…
Read MoreWriters (and Dreamers) Needed for New Website
‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ Mary Oliver It was one of those old roll-top desks, circa 1970, squat and…
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