Many writers have to work two if not more jobs and are used to working on their W.I.P’s (work-in-progress) in mornings, evenings and weekends around their ‘day-job’ schedule, grabbing any spare time they can in the few quiet moments that exist in a modern life. Despite the hectic work schedule of any household running a faultless Christmas Day of family entertainment, the…

This year, the Portsmouth Writers’ Hub has been revitalised. And in a massive way! Like the Kraken rising from the depths to take on Perseus, it has taken the city by storm, and a tsunami of writers have rolled into town along with it. Tessa Ditner is the lady responsible for this huge sea-change, under…

In this time of peace, goodwill & cheer to all children, women and men – written this way to show loyalty to my reader demographic – spare a thought for our dear friend, The Book. From a long line of clones, squashed tight in substandard living quarters with their man-made brothers and sisters, they can only dream of…