Guest Post: On Writer’s Block (and Other Surgical Complications) by Deb Baron
In the long, grey hours between surgeries…that’s where the stories start. Guest post.
Bubble, Fizz, Erupt…Sabbatical by JP Preston
I spent years – decades – putting Fin’s story together in my head before my creative volcano bubbled, fizzed, and erupted, and the glorious compulsion to get it down on paper (well, Word document) overtook me…
My favourite memory of being a writer? by Jo Fletcher
How could I even dare to pick up a pen when there were already so many beautifully-constructed sentences out in the world?
I remember those by Clare Ashton
I treasure my comfort reads from other authors, which I turn to for multiple reasons. My treats and safe havens. So, it’s magic when someone finds that in one of my books
One of the Hardest Parts of Writing a Crime Novel (Besides Not Actually Committing One) by DG Coutinho
Unreliable characters don’t stop being unreliable just because you invented them.
Brought Back to Life by Pip Landers-Letts
After a couple of weeks moping around navel gazing, I pulled out my laptop, opened a Word doc and just started to write…
The Best Thing About Being a Writer (No, Really!) by Iona Kane
There are many things people assume about being a writer. That we spend long days gazing wistfully out windows. That we carry battered notebooks full of profound thoughts. That we understand the Oxford comma on a spiritual level…
What’s So Great About Being a Writer? by Alyson Root
I’m constantly experiencing new things that add to my happy memory bank. Although, there is possibly one memory that shines a little brighter than most.
Me and My Hand Puppets by E.V. Bancroft
It was the first time something I’d written had been accepted and approved, and for a shy kid with a lisp it offered a way to express myself and to be heard.
Call for Submissions!
Butterworth Books is looking for new stories for volume six of SapphFic Eclectic. Are you going to submit one? The deadline is approaching!
