How to Put on a Play: The Next Lesson

It might seem as if all has gone quiet on the theatre front, but don’t you be deceived.  The last post about CurvingRoad’s new production was all about the workshop here.  Since then we’ve held production meetings where the  “creative...

Elizabeth Baines and "Too Many Magpies" on Tour

One of the great pleasures of this writing life of mine is that I get to know other writers and follow their work.  Elizabeth Baines is one of these.  I first became aware of her work via her excellent short story collection, Balancing on the Edge of the World,...

Pretty Please

I thought I’d write about an issue that a new writer may not think about: permission.  Let’s say you find the perfect line for your character to quote to her beloved, or there’s a song lyric you have always loved that would be the perfect epigram to...