

Thimbles of Bravery: Art, Animals and the Act of Creating Character
One of my favourite modern works of fiction is The Goldfinch, a Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Donna Tartt. With art and animals...
Glasgow Gallerina
Oct 20, 20174 min read


To Thine Own Self Be True: how autobiographical can a novel be?
‘What’s it about?’ That is the first question a person will ask when you tell them that you’re writing a novel. Of course, many writers...
Glasgow Gallerina
Oct 6, 20175 min read


Going Places
One day I’ll fly away … in last week’s blog, I wrote that a change of setting has taken place in my novel, now that my draft has finally...
Glasgow Gallerina
Sep 21, 20174 min read


The Pentimenti Project!
‘Where the story goes today is up to you’ ... I wrote this line yesterday on a sign next to my novel-in-progress notebook, sitting on a...
Glasgow Gallerina
Sep 4, 20173 min read