Writing Disposable Romances

By Amanda Patterson
There’s something we don’t speak about much outside of the sanctity of the writing school’s walls.
It’s this desire – some might say obsession – to write romances for Mills & Boon.
The powerful pound has clout.
Tens of thousands of pound sterling per novel can’t be taken lightly.
Even you could do that, couldn’t you? Without [...]

Everyone Wants to Share their Top 26 Books

Alex Smith’s Top 26 Books
Blank. On Sunday afternoon, I left the book fair briefly to do an interview at SAfm with Karebo Kgoleng. I’ve never done a live radio interview before. Karabo was great, all went fine (I hope, although I’ll never actually hear it to know for sure), except when I went blank over [...]

On Writing, by Amanda Patterson

A 360 page novel begins with one sentence.
Do not wait for inspiration. It’s never on time.
You can have your book or you can have your excuses. You can’t have both.
Dream as if you’ll live forever. Write as if you’ll die today.
You have permission to write badly.
One page a day is a 365 page novel in [...]