A good person does not equal good art. There, I said it. Goodness is subjective, I know – that’s kind of my point. For this piece, I’m not necessarily concerned about explaining what I think makes a good person, or good art, but I’ll share examples of how this thinking behind ‘good’ and ‘bad’ art and ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people
On 10 December 2023, 11.12am precisely, my sister messaged to ask if I should be made aware of ‘public criticisms’ of our books. My response to my sister was ‘!! Show me // that’s INCREDIBLE’. Post-watch, it was ‘Well the book is literally not for him 😭😭😭’, which continues to be the stance I maintain. And the one I want
Let’s begin by saying this think piece isn’t a takedown. If that’s what you wish to read, I encourage you to write your own.
Our stories deserve to be treated with integrity, not as a trend. Unless fair, living wages are made a priority for independent authors and publishers, this will not change.
At the end of last year, our writers and funders received an email from me outlining a new publication timeline. It followed a long period of sporadic communication and delays. I referenced my mental ill health, exacerbated by grief and loss. I was grateful for the kind messages in response, all supportive and understanding. At the time, writing things out
Think about the story you have in mind. Think about what happens next. Think about how it ends. Think about what the characters might be thinking about. Think about the nearby landscape, the sights and smells and sounds.
What is a ‘good’ business model when it comes to publishing? Are submission fees all bad? And what part does public funding have to play? In this post, I share my thoughts on indie publishing, public funding and submission fees. Before we get to the main-meal of this, let me be clear that my personal views on business shape what
We changing things up in 2020. Read all about it here!
Over the last few weeks, the Lucent Dreaming team have been busy bees judging the entries for our first ever flash fiction competition. The stories have been read, re-read, read backwards, read sideways and read up-side down between squinting eyelids. And we have picked three worthy winners who all took different inspiration from our prompt word ‘lead’. Amongst the entries
On the face of it, anyone who isn’t familiar with the form might presume that writing flash fiction (a story told in roughly 1,000 words or less) is much easier than crafting a 5,000 word short story or climbing the literary Everest of brewing up an 80,000 word novel. However, whilst it is true that flash fiction can be produced
