Great Inspiration… or not – with Peter Watts

Since I wrote this post about a moment of great inspiration I wasn’t even aware of at the time (when I met Neil Gaiman in 1989), I’ve been hosting some guest posts from other writer friends where they share their moments of equally great inspiration. You...

Great Inspiration – guest post from Martin Livings

Last week I posted about the time, back in 1989, when I met Neil Gaiman and got a signed copy of Sandman #1, with no idea at the time of the significance of the event. You can see that post here. At the end of the post I said I would put the call out to my writerly...

Great Inspiration – guest post from Thoraiya Dyer

Last week I posted about the time, back in 1989, when I met Neil Gaiman and got a signed copy of Sandman #1, with no idea at the time of the significance of the event. You can see that post here. At the end of the post I said I would put the call out to my writerly...

Precious things of great inspiration

It’s strange that we often have no idea we’re being inspired. Sure, sometimes a thing can hit us squarely between the eyes, maybe even literally, and we realise we’ve just been given an experience that will inform our mind and actions from that day...

Put your arse in the chair and your fingers on the keyboard

I’ve seen a couple of things today that are complementary and very true. They are also always relevant to the writer. First, I saw this on Chuck Wendig’s blog (click the pic to make it bigger): And I saw this doing the rounds on Tumblr: “It’s a...