05: I told you I'd write
Some updates from the podcast as Donna Sørensen joins as co-host, plus an essay on how I ploughed on when the going got tough.
04: A quiet sort of year
The newsletter returns and you can look forward to exciting literary links from now on. Oh – and here's what I've been up to.
Come see me at Coventry Literary Festival!
I’m very pleased to be reading and talking and answering questions at the Coventry Literary Festival on Monday, 10 June. If you’d like to pop along, have a watch and say hello, the event starts at 6.30pm at Coventry Central Library. You can bag your free (free!
Any Other Name by Emma Newman
I’m not one for promoting any old nutbags on my website, but I’m most certainly one for telling you about internet pals like Emma Newman, whose new novel, Any Other Name, comes out today, and who’s running a really rather interesting campaign for spreading the word. Long
Come see me at Leicester Book Festival this weekend!
This Saturday (18 May 2013) I’ll be appearing at the inaugural Leicester Book Festival [http://www.book-fest.com] alongside fellow Legend Press stalwarts, Sam Mills and Tom Chambers. The event starts at 7.30pm at the New Walk Museum and Arts Gallery and I’m fair looking forward to
Recommended reading: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
I recently read Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon [http://amzn.to/11CBjOe] and found it full of useful, practical ideas on being creative and getting stuff done. So I made this video about it. You should watch it. If you’re reading via RSS or email, you can
Chris Gonzales' writing setup
Big ups to the massive to Chris Gonzales for sharing his writing setup with us. Nice to see some good Windows usage and suggestions. Who are you and what do you write? My name is Chris Gonzales, and I write a blog calledUnretrofied [http://unretrofied.com/]where I talk about
Author envy, vlogger envy
In my latest vlog, I talk about how sometimes every other author (Hilary Mantel) seems to get all the prizes and awards and shiny things while you’re covered in double baby sick. And how that’s very much like constantly counting your YouTube and web statistics. If you’re
Come see me read at Longsight Library for World Book Night!
Tomorrow night (Tuesday 23 April) I’ll be reading extracts from my debut novel, A is for Angelica [https://www.iainbroome.com/angelica], as part of the World Book Night [http://www.worldbooknight.org/] event at Longsight Library in Manchester [http://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/3973/]. This will