There’s many things I love about the landscape of writing, but one of the most wonderful discoveries is the breadth of knowledge out there waiting
Personality disorders are fascinating. They have their very own section in the Diagnostic Services Manual, Fifth Edition (the psychologist’s and psychiatrist’s bible when it comes
I’ve mentioned before that I believe we’re all psychologists at heart. The study of the human psyche fascinates us all because it gives us a
Anyone that has ready book Grit for Writers knows that I share my personal story of grit and the challenges that mental health means for a
We’ve explored the fallibility of our memory when exploring The Girl on the Train, discovering that that memories are malleable – influenced by our internal
We have another wonderful guest post today from Sierra Delarosa, exploring the 20 daily writing routines of famous authors. I discuss making writing a habit
I originally wrote this post a couple of years ago for a different blog I had started. It was called Blue Mood, and it was
I firmly believe we’re all psychologists at heart, because psychology is founded on the desire to know ourselves (yes, that is a little narcissistic…), but
This week’s blog post was prompted by a discussion with a fellow writer. This writer reflected that they’d gained useful information in relation their character
This week’s blog post was requested by a reader, one of my favourite ways to prompt an article. By chance, I also happened to read
I was spending some time trying to figure out one of my main character’s motivation recently. I knew her backstory, and I knew it was
I think I’ve always been a bit wary about including a true villain in my story. Why? Yes, I know they’re important—they’re the counterpoint to
For our second week of eating disorders (prompted by my current short-story) I’m tackling bulimia nervosa. Of the two eating disorders we’re discussing, bulimia is
I’m writing a short story at the moment for an anthology and my heroine has the early stages of an eating disorder. But as I
Humans like complexity; puzzles, questions, layers. They all fascinate us. My guess it’s because there are so many complex systems in nature that our brain
I debated long and hard whether I should include my own story of grit in the recently released Grit for Writers. In part because I
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