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I was invited to talk to a book club in Greyton this week, held at the wonderful Maånskyñ on Oak Street. As I’d be speaking to bookish people, it seemed like the appropriate time to explore the co-created space between writers and readers. I thought I’d share the talk here. The question writers often getContinue reading “Into the dream”

Well, I sat down to tell you about this insanely long essay I read in the LRB about Dante and why his Inferno was Very Important (as part of my ‘read an essay a week and tell you about it’ schpeel), but the paper has gone missing and so you are left with the remnantsContinue reading “Dante, Gordian knots, and why creatives should learn to sell”

A few weeks ago I decided I needed to read more. Not just books, but thoughtful pieces on thought-provoking topics. In actual print. It just so happened then that my in-laws were clearing out a pile of hand-me-down London Review of Books which they handed down once more to me. Hand-me-down-hand-me-downs. It’s certainly a moreContinue reading “Chanel No.5, the smell of angels and feeding my brain”

Last week I received my sweet, sweet 50 copies of The Fulcrum. After all the sweat, blood, tears and screaming was I elated? Thrilled? Overjoyed? No. Because the font wasn’t exactly as perfect as I wanted it to be. Long story, I won’t bore you with the details, but it involves machine error and gifContinue reading “Well. It’s done.”

The proof copy is back from the printers and I am editing – once again. I started writing The Fulcrum in 2016 and it was the first novel I’d ever attempted to start with the aim of completing it.* 2016 was a long time ago in new novelist terms. A lifetime ago. Apart from everythingContinue reading “Until it is done”