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The Write Path 28: On Winning a RONA
We were in our motorhome in the middle of February, somewhere in the south of Spain,…
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The Write Path 27: The Muse and Me
Do you ever have the feeling that you are being watched? That someone, or something is…
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The Write Path 26: Immersion in the writing world
At the beginning of 2025 I entered the brave new world of being self employed –…
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The Write Path 25: From Rioting to Writing
Can you remember where you were in August 2011? I can. The memory is burned into…
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The Write Path 22: from journalism to Fiction
I’m a word whore. For years I sold to the highest bidder. My main trade was…
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The Write Path 24: Three books, three methods
I’m finishing the draft of my third novel. So, you might think, I’ve got the hang…
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The Write Path 23: Interview with a Paper Soldier
What inspired you to centre your debut around a young Scottish pilot during WW2? I grew…
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The Write Path 21: Writing Humorous Women’s Fiction
Kathleen Whyman is the bestselling author of relatable, humorous women’s fiction and has been shortlisted for…
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The Write Path 20: Failing Better
Even as a child I loved writing, yet I waited until I was approaching my 40s…
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The Write Path 19: Scratching the Writing Itch
Writing is a funny old game, full of moments when you really believe you can do…
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The Write Path 18: Finding my Voice
My writing career started when a children’s author came to my school while I was studying…
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The Write Path 17: Coping With Negative Reviews
In a past life, before I retired to write gay MM romances full-time, I travelled across…
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The Write Path 16: “Just Keep Going”: The Simplest Advice is Sometimes the Best
The best advice I ever received about my writing was from a much more illustrious Armstrong.…
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The Write Path 15: An Imagination Born out of Necessity
My author’s name is Mary Collingwood Hurst, and I’ve had seven books published so far. I…
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The Write Path 14: The Bumpy Path After Publication
I’ve been thinking a lot about writing careers recently. Cooking Up A Christmas Storm, which is out now,…
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The Write Path 13: From Spreadsheets to Storytelling: My Journey Along The Writing Path
If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be swapping spreadsheets for storylines, I’m…
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Author Talk Highlights – Alison May: “Authors Live on a Diet of Hope and Rejection”
In the intricate world of publishing, authors often find themselves navigating the complexities of identity, especially…
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The Write Path 12: The Challenges Met by the Writer of the Novel ‘The Great Sound’
Elliot Hyland, an architect for fifty years, directed major building projects and formed businesses in London.…
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The Write Path 11: Dare to Dream
I was that kid in school who rejoiced when the English homework was to write a…
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The Write Path 10: Mark – My Words
I always loved writing and English was my favourite subject – I came top of my…
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The Write Path 9: How I Got Here
‘I’m going to be a writer one day,’ I used to think through my 20s and…
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The Write Path 8 : The Diagnosis No Family Wants
My name is Sam, I am a husband, a father and a grandfather and passionate about…
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The Write Path 7: So You Want to Start a Literary Festival? Here’s Our Story
Blandford Literary Festival started, as many good ideas do, in a pub. At the pub in…
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The Write Path 6 : Good Enough For Me
‘You know that he can’t write. I know that he can’t write. He thinks he can,…
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The Write Path 5: Becoming Bronwen
I don’t remember a time when I couldn’t read, or didn’t love stories. My overactive imagination was…
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The Write Path 4: From Midnight Applications to Festival Dreams
It was 12:01 a.m. on January 2nd, 2015. While the world was slowly recovering from New…
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The Write Path 3: Romance & Frankenstein
I volunteered to write this post – no one else wanted the slot due to a…
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The Write Path 2: Writing Festivals, Author Marketplaces and Launch Parties
I recently signed a traditional publishing deal with Boldwood Books (www.boldwoodbooks.com) to write six WW2 historical/saga…
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The Write Path: Why I Started Author Events
Writing doesn’t have to be solitary. But for a long time, it was. For me, writing…