by Fiona Ross | Jan 27, 2016 | News
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge has won one of the UK’s top literary prizes, the Costa Book of The Year 2015. Frances beat strong contenders with her children’s book, the first of this genre to win since Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass from the...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 24, 2016 | Articles
Screenwriters and novelists, it’s not easy to turn out a good tale. A writer will get more criticism over story structure, plotting and free flow, than any other components. Why is structure so hard? I put the question to screenwriters, and unleashed a river of...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 18, 2016 | Articles
I was fortunate enough to come across producer and screenwriter Alan Denman on twitter, about the time I was thinking of learning screenwriting. Alan has been my tutor in this impossibly difficult craft. Here, Alan explains the personal philosopy that drives his work...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 10, 2016 | Writers Apps
You get the Scrivener review first in the Writers Apps series, because this is the app I am currently using. Each review is a big project, so I plan to post them up, and periodically update them, otherwise we’ll never get started. Also, it would be nice to have...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 8, 2016 | News
“Merry” is time-expired. The Christmas decs must come down. We’re 3 days overdue. A friend of mine went on a Caribbean cruise recently, and I’ve added a pic from his trip to inspire you for 2016. Thanks to Malcolm Welshman for permission to use...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 8, 2016 | Articles
I read lots of advice online for bloggers seeking themes and content ideas to start a blog. What blog do I want to create? How do I find topics to post about? My problem is, conversely, I have lots of ideas and they all crowd and then I get overwhelmed and don’t...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 8, 2016 | Whimsy
New Year sparkle died already? The bubbly’s gone flat and we’re all back at the day job. Never fear, Easter falls early this year on 27 March. Morrisons have got the Cadbury Creme Eggs in and it’s only 8th January. Talking of bubbly, the UK’s...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 5, 2016 | Articles
This guest post is by Professor Shirley Williams of the University of Reading, who is an avid reader, and had an ambitious target of reading 50 books a year, on top of her not inconsiderable workload as Professor of Learning Technologies at the School of Systems...
by Fiona Ross | Dec 23, 2015 | News
The month is unseasonably mild in the northern hemisphere, yet it is the season, and routine goes out of the window. There may not be much happening on my blog for the next few days, but hang in there. New Year and a new start approach. Good wishes to...
by Fiona Ross | Dec 20, 2015 | News
Welcome to my new author blog. I plan to have more features and participation on this one, with resources for writers, besides showcasing my own work. Have you followed me here from my previous blog? Great! I hope you’ll send in your questions, comments and...
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