Category Archives: skills

I’ve just finished reading an excellent book by Cat Bennett called The Confident Creative: Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind.

When I read Cat’s book, I realised that being able to draw is not something which is a nice-to-have skill – perhaps just so I could do my own illustrations or even my front cover. There are areas of the brain (and mind) that are activated, exercised and honed by the very act of drawing. As such, for authors, drawing actually makes you a better writer. Read more →

While everyone else is talking about Harry Potter this week, I want to focus on a different work of fiction. A story that got me very excited at the weekend. It was the news that David Worlock had been appointed … Read more →