Characters are the basis of any piece of writing, whether it is fiction or non-fiction. If the characters are not believable, then the whole story falls down around them; as such writers generally draw on elements we find with real life characters. But how near are the fictional serial killers to reality? The book by [...]

Today, I decided upon something a little different for my update. As I’m sure you can all appreciate, sometimes being a book lover means that you run out of room rather quickly. A while ago now, I decided to do something about my lack of space. When not at University, my ‘HQ’ is back with [...]

Saturday night has now become synonymous to reality TV…but does the fast route to fame get you the longevity most people desire? As I sat there watching another group of hopefuls dreams coming to an end on a Saturday night, my mind starts pondering on those novels that took a little longer to plan, write [...]

Or, ‘Where’s the Caffeine?‘ On November 1st, I gave up caffeine, fizzy drinks and takeaways in order to try and detox myself in lieu of going to the gym regularly again. I am therefore less than a week into this new regime…and all I can do is wail and moan and ask myself why…WHY would [...]

Well, that time of year is almost upon the writing community again. It was four years ago when I first heard of the phenomenon called ‘NaNoWriMo’, and year after year I have been promising myself that I’m going to participate. What with one thing and another however (grrr, University) I haven’t had the time or [...]