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‘The Biggest Crime a Writer Can Commit Is to Give Up or Take Criticism Personally’

Controlling the Controllables

Maurice Perkins wrote #shortstories at school in the 1960s and had others published in the 1980s. He however tells us #writing was never his primary profession for most of his life. ‘My writing career for many years was limited to #business development and submitting tenders for contracts,’ he says.

For more than three decades #author Tony DiGerolamo has immersed himself in the folklore of South Jersey, particularly the #mythology surrounding the Jersey Devil. That fascination finally evolved into The Pineys, a comedy-horror #novella series. #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #GlobalDespatch

#Author C R Helix knows well the distance between an idea and a finished #novel. ‘It took me twelve years to get Sanguine from an idea into a publishable form,’ they tell #GlobalDespatch, reflecting on a #writing journey shaped as much by #persistence as #imagination. #Exclusive #WritingCommunity

#Author Gavin Prinsloo didn't begin #writing with #publication in mind. Writing emerged instead from a personal struggle during one of the most uncertain periods in recent memory. ‘I started writing in 2020 with the pandemic after suffering a #mentalhealth challenge,’ he tells us. #WritingCommunity

#Author Randi-Lee Bowslaugh began writing long before the idea of #publication took hold. ‘I have been writing for as long as I can remember,’ she says, opening up in an exclusive interaction with #GlobalDespatch. #Childhood for her was filled with writing #plays and getting cousins to perform them.

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‘I suppose what I would tell a budding author who’s becoming discouraged is don’t give up on yourself. If you believe in your work, then it’s your job to make others believe in it too. Don’t give up! Just try harder.' #Book #Author #Interview #WritingCommunity

Right here where tough deodars burgeoned for years With blooming flower beds and brazened beasts, I now behold concrete blocks with my peers And swirls of dust rising upon tarred streets; #poetry #writingcommunity #bygone

Croatian #author and #composer Valentin Sarić speaks to Global Despatch about science fiction, alien societies, classical music, self-publishing, Tolkien, Lee Child, and imagining humanity among the stars. An #interview filled with #imagination and philosophical wonder rooted in speculative fiction.

#Writing does not always begin as a chosen path. Sometimes it reveals itself early, almost quietly, before it is ever understood as a craft. Author Kathleen McCluskey fits into that space where instinct precedes definition. 'My very first "book" was one I made myself,' she recalls, speaking with us.

Some writers plot every twist with precision. Others dive in and let the story carry them. S S Turner belongs unapologetically to the latter. His work rises from lived experience and a restless engagement with life’s uncertainties. It echoes the rivers that shape his fiction.

A player of Dungeons and Dragons, A M Hounchell has a piece of advice for budding authors who feel discouraged if their works don’t do well. ‘I want to tell them not to get discouraged,’ he says, only to add, ‘but it's hard to feel that way sometimes.'