How Making a Nuclear Bunker as a Kid Made Me a Writer We are proud to present this article on how making a nuclear bunker as a kid made me a writer! I have forty-two cans of beans, ten cans of tuna, twenty-five Mars bars, seven rolls of duct tape, five rolls of Bacofoil, […]
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The Challenges of Writing a Teenage Hero (ish)
The Challenges of Writing a Teenage Hero (ish) by Ewan Morrison One of the questions I get asked often about my novel How To Survive Everything is: ‘How did you manage to write such a convincing teenage protagonist?’ It’s a lovely compliment. Sometimes, it turns into: ‘why did you write a teenage protagonist?’ or the […]
Top Ten List of Things I Didn’t Know Were Going to Be Useful to Your Career
Top Ten List of Things I Didn’t Know Were Going to Be Useful to Your Career by Laura Anne Gilman Occasionally, when talking with young (or not young but new) writers, they will ask, “what’s the most important thing you need to know to be successful as a writer?” They never like my answer: You […]