Sarah Duncan's Blog

When I was on my MA there was a Royal Literary Fund Fellow attached to the department who could be consulted about writing matters.* Our RLF...

I saw one of my fellow students from my MA yesterday. At first I didn't recognise her - it's been ten years and we weren't parti...

A chapter is a useful tool for the reader. It divides the novel up into easily manageable sections so the reader can spread out the contents...

My most recent novel - Kissing Mr Wrong - came back from the editor with the request that I 'looked again' at the opening scene. It...

A few people asked me to expand on my format for a covering letter to an agent, so here it is, all to be fitted on one page. 1. Why you'...

I don't usually read the sports pages but this caught my eye. It's a quote from an interview with Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager...

People often tell me that they'd like to write a novel but they don't have the time. Actually you don't need much time to write ...