There’s a lot of terrible advice for writers out there at the moment. In fact, if I’d have to single out one thing as a deterrent to people thinking of starting to write, it’s have to be the mosaic of arcane and arbitrary rules scrawled on the Writers’ Club toilet walls. So it was refreshing … Continue reading Risk taking
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attempts at writing stories, fiction, articles that don’t come off
The Willesden Herald
The shortlist for the Willesden Herald's short story competition is up and I'm not on it. Not a surprise, really, when the likes of Toby Litt are among the competition. The Willesden, you may remember, was at the centre of that minor ruckus a few years back when Zadie Smith withheld the top prize, complaining … Continue reading The Willesden Herald