“We writers need to be near-virtuosic in our language because it’s a matter of how a story is told as much as what the story is.”
“The better you understand the intricacies of good writing, the more powerfully you can write about any aspect of your life.”
‘But really, I don’t care what the trope is — in the hands of a skilled writer, even the most tried and possibly tired trope can be delivered in a fresh and entertaining way.’
“To start off you only need a good bio, books (or future books), services (if you offer services), a way for people to contact you and a good pic of yourself.”
Award-winning writer Amanda Niehaus chats with us on the importance of reading, connecting with and writing bodies, now more than ever. Her online course, Writing Bodies, starts Monday 11 May.
Jodie Wells-Slowgrove is an author and teacher-librarian. A huge fan of fantasy fiction, her long-term goal has been to write a quest fantasy novel for younger readers. The first two books in the ‘Wilderness Fairies’ series were published by Penguin in February 2014, with the next two due out in August. Jodie will be joining […]