On Writing: why writing comedy can be so fascinating

Based on my radio interviews with SoundArt Radio and the wonderful Julie Mullen, here's a blog post about writing comedy, whatever that might mean. I've been told that one genre I write might be termed 'romantic comedy', and so I'm always interested to talk about what makes people smile, what is uplifting, what is a …

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On Writing: What the editing process is like for a writer?

Based on my radio interview on CakEhole last week with the wonderful Julie Mullen, I decided to write a blog post about editing. We discussed it on her show, as so often writers think it must be an awful process. The belief is: you've written it, so it must hurt to change it, right? Not …

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