The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.
They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?
Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is the best job possible. I work hard, but I earn more than the national average wage whil...
A writer is like a stick of rock - the words go right through.
Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.
Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it.
Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine.
I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job.
Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating libraries and museums, and some of the greatest architecture in Eu...
Writers need each other.
It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other.
We don't live in a society that has genuine equality, and every woman we know has experienced that.
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