After 35 years of teaching fiction writing, the prize-winning author shares her wisdom. First tip? Don’t write what you know… I don’t think it’s a bad thing to want to write a first sentence so ...

We spend about one-third of our lives in bed, so are we washing our sheets enough? While we’re snug in our beds sleeping, streaming or doomscrolling, our sheets collect sweat, oils, dead skin and dust ...

I took time off from my column in parts of November and December. Over the years, this column has been the space I turn to when time out of work is needed. I agonised several times in the year to just ...