Articles

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My articles

(note: these articles/blog posts are my opinions and not intended to be the last word in writing)

Grumpy Old Welsh Woman - Unprofesssional Writers

Backlash against 'Grim' Lit?

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(Note: The links to the articles in all sections that follow do not necessarily imply my agreement with the contents. I merely point you to them for interest/educational/discussion purposes.)

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Others - About Writing/Publishing

Miss Snark (various articles about writing)

Finding The Plot

Approaching an Agent

Submission Tips from Hazel Cushion of Accent Press

How To Write a Novel (BBC broadcast)

Kurt Vonnegut - 8 Rules for writing fiction

Elmore Leonard - 10 Rules of writing

The Rise of Lite-Lit

Which Creative Writing Course?

Zadie Smith - Fail Better

Zadie Smith - Read Better

Susan Hill in response to a letter from The Times  (about publishers 'moral' obligations)

A Girl's Guide to Writing Chicklit

Has Fiction Lost its Power?

Lynne Truss - You Could Make It Up

Marcel Berlins - Feeling Shortchanged  (opposing argument to Truss's above)

George Orwell Writing Tips

Why Can't I Get Published?

Copyright Highway Code Needed

Black Sections Not the Answer

Susan Sontag - Pay Attention to the World

Fay Weldon - The Tyranny of the Best Sellers

Meet Blook Son of Blog

Kay Sexton - Dealing With Fears: The Myth of the Curve

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About Writers

Susan Hill about 'painful' writers.

Susan Hill's letters and emails from the public  (just in case you think well-established writers have it easy)

Susan Hill - Writers and Readers 

The Write Stuff - How Writers Organise Their Time

Zadie Smith and the Orange Prize

Golden Age of Women Writers

The Origins of Arthur Conan Doyle

George Orwell - Why I Write

Marina Lewycka - A Short History of a Ukrainian

In Praise of Jane (Austen) by Germaine Greer

Publish and be Damned - Tom Bower

Austen Mania

Marian Keyes - I had this incredible database of pain

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Miscellaneous/humorous

How to write a book review

The Devil's Publishing Dictionary Part 1

Sweeping Back the Slushpile

Times Online The Best Books

Best First Lines

David Baddiel's Literary Resolutions

The Top 50 People in Publishing

Readers Love a Happy Ending

Would you recognise a Booker?

Booker Winners Need Not Apply

The Jargon Disease

The Myth of the Unfilmable Novel

Literary guilt ain't what it used to be

Plagiarism: The Copycat Syndrome

Literary Prizes Sown Up?

Has Fiction Lost its Power?

We've Got a Ticket to Read

The Ecstasy of Influence

Don't Mess About on Internet Writing Forums

How Not to Write a Query Letter