Posts by Julia

Win a proof of The Long Fall

The marvellous DEAD GOOD BOOKS are running a competition to win one of ten The Long Fall[…]

Catch me if you can!

I’ve just been updating my events list up until June. There are a few missing because they[…]

Writing on Trains (again)

Amtrak have taken inspiration from the idea Sam Eades and I hatched for writers’ residencies on trains![…]

Write it all down

I am a great fan of notebooks. I have always kept what I call an Everything Book:[…]

Happy Holidays!

Have a peaceful and restful time. Or, if you’re like me, spend the entire holiday period cooking,[…]

Writer in Residence on a bus!

  This week I’m based in Harrogate and journeying between Ripon and Leeds on the glamorous, leather-seated[…]

How NaNoWriMo stopped my fear and helped me find my fourth career

(This post expands on a NaNoWriMo pep talk I wrote a couple of years back). Are you[…]

Genre bender

So when Agent Simon sent my manuscript out into the world of publishing, he told me that[…]

The First Reader

When the first proof copies of Cuckoo were distributed, I likened the feeling to taking my knickers[…]

Emerges, blinking…

Oh dear, this writer’s blog has been a bit of a builder’s house for the past couple[…]