Poetry Day at the South bank

by | Oct 9, 2009 | Uncategorized

What?  Two posts in a row, I can hear you ask. Yes, well, I know it’s very unusual, but I did want to have a little chat about yesterday’s celebration of National Poetry Day and the 100th Anniversary of The Poetry Society at the Royal Festival HallI had no...

Marketing Ourselves and Others

by | Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we writers market ourselves…or don’t.  The more I write and publish the more I understand that we do have to take matters into our own hands.  We have to get out there however we can, force our ways into the...

Luring the Muse

by | Oct 4, 2009 | Uncategorized

A short while ago, I asked the question here:              When you finish a project, how do you decide what to work on next?I got a variety of fascinating answers:     * When a project is finished, I take a break and read a lot     * I always have a queue of of...