Guest post – The Copper Promise by Jennifer Williams

I’m pleased to present a guest post today from Jennifer Williams, where she talks about the way writing often seems to have a life of its own. I hope you enjoy it. – Alan The Copper Promise Where did it come from? How did it go from a small thing to a big...

Tuesday Toot – Deborah Biancotti

Tuesday Toot is a semi-regular feature here at The Word. An invite-only series of short posts where writers, editors, booksellers and other creatives have been asked to share their stuff and toot their own horn. It’s hard to be seen in the digital morass and...

Paul Richard Haines 8 June 1970 – 5 March 2012

Paul Richard Haines 8 June 1970 – 5 March 2012 I’m writing this with tears running down my cheeks, and they’re tears of impotent fucking rage as much as sadness. I may make very little sense over the next few paragraphs, but I can’t do anything else, so I’m...