How to Use Journaling to Develop Your Book Idea and Content Sections for Your Book Proposal

Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling breaks down how to use journaling to develop your book idea and book proposal sections.

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Where Tolkien Taught – Merton College, Oxford

Oxford University is made up of thirty-eight colleges, some of which were built when the University was first established. This includes Merton College, whose alumni include TS Eliot and Thomas Bod…

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Do Writers Need to Write Every Day?

It sounds simple. Writers write. It kind of goes with the territory. And if we didn’t like, nay love, nay were obsessed with writing we wouldn’t do it. But we can also, at times, dislik…

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5 Things I’ve Learnt From Writing for 20(ish) years

I've been writing for a long time. Technically more than twenty years, but it's been about that long since I first self-published an e-book on Kindle (it's still there if you want to check it out). Since then I've self-published another e-book and have also had a rather long period without publishing any at all. I've been thinking a lot about my experiences with writing recently and thought I share some things I feel I've learnt about it after all this time.

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A Visit to The Charles Dickens Museum, London

The Charles Dickens Museum in London is based in number 48 Doughty Street, where Dickens’ lived from 1837 to 1839. It’s where he wrote some of his most famous works including Oliver Twi…

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8 Self-care Tips for Writers

You can’t turn on the TV or flip through a magazine without being told how unhealthy we’re all becoming. And whilst no-one has the perfect lifestyle, writing isn’t the healthiest …

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Get published: True top tips

Jericho Writers is a leading online writing school and creative community that has helped countless writers move towards their publishing dreams. We asked their expert team members to break down the…

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Jane Austen’s “Great House” – Chawton House, UK

If you mention Chawton to any Jane Austen fan, they will immediately think of her home, an unassuming cottage in the village. At some point, I’ll do a blog post about that – but for thi…

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Can Writing by Hand Boost your Creativity?

These days most of us write using a digital device, be it a PC, laptop, or even phone. Before that, we had word processors, typewriters, and the printing press. Each of these inventions has given u…

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5 Must-Haves When Writing (what are yours?)

Over the years, I've ended up with a few things that I absolutely need to have in place to be able to write in an optimal fashion. You've probably (knowingly or not) got some yourself! Or if you're struggling with how to set yourself up for the best writing sesh, some of these may inspire you! 1. No music (but no silence either)

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Keats Walk, Winchester, UK – Walk With A Poet

I’ve been to Winchester many times and I’ve even walked some of this route before. But I’d no idea there was an official walk called Keats Walk, named after the Romantic poet John…

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5 Ways you can “Write” without Writing

However much I may want to write, there are times it just isn’t happening and this can make me feel like a failure. People often think writers write no matter what, bashing out their perfectl…

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The best books out in October

New releases from Elif Shafak, Audrey Niffenegger, Haruki Murakami, Owen Jones, Tim Spector, Terry Deary, and more.

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Robert Burns Birthplace – The Most Famous Scottish Poet in the World

If you’re in Scotland and even vaguely interested in literature – or frankly even if you’re not – you’ve got to visit at least one site associated with the poet Robert…

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Want to Finally Write That Book? Set Yourself a Deadline

Deadline. It’s not a nice word, is it? I mean it has the word “dead” in it and if that’s not an implication of finality, I don’t know what is. So setting one for yours…

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A Wish From A Poet – Waggoners Wells

This hidden valley is home to a collection of man-made ponds and a wishing well said to have inspired the great Victorian Poet Laureate, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Waggoners Wells as they are now known, were originally created in the 17th century by the Hooke family of Bramshott. It's thought they were intended to be hammer ponds designed t serve the local iron industry but were never actually used as such and are now a place for dog walkers, fishermen and the odd poet or 70s rock star (I'll get to that later).

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Jane Austen’s Birthplace, Steventon,UK

I know what you’re going say about the photograph below. “That is not the birthplace of Jane Austen, Wordlander. That…is a field.” Photo of field with arrow indicating locat…

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8 Tips to Help You Write at Work

Writing around a day job can be tricky. Unless you’re a real morning person or a true night owl, your potentially productive daylight hours are taken up with working rather than writing. And …

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