As much as I love being calm and settled, I think I do some of my best writing while travelling. My two most recently published stories were both written while I was travelling, so there's something to be said for writing and travel. I think that the act of physically moving (or being moved) helps me boost my creativity somehow. I'm not sure how scientific that thought process is, but I like travelling, so hopefully getting to travel more will ... Read the Post...
My Favourite Authors
So I have a lot of favourite authors. Similar to how I like to read just about anything - this apparently makes me difficult to buy books for, though I'd assume it's the opposite - I like various authors for different reasons, and they'll often write in very different ways. Despite the differences in their styles, they all ahve one thing in common - they write really, really well. This isn't a comprehensive list of all of my favourite ... Read the Post...
My Writing Routine
A lot of writers have a specific routine for writing. You may even have one. Some writers are infamous for their writing routines, such as Stephen King's 2000 words a day, or Haruki Murakami, who wakes up at 4am - yes, willingly - and writers for several hours until he decides to run 10km or swim 1500 metres. Sometimes the guy spices it up and does both, which is pretty insane, but he writes pretty amazingly, so his writing routine speaks for ... Read the Post...