writing – B.R. Crichton

Fifty Shades of Writer

There are as many kinds of writer out there as there are writers themselves, but for reasons I cannot quite put my finger on I have tried to create a system to categorise them. I do this in the full knowledge that we all lie somewhere on a Venn diagram made of soup and mist,Continue reading “Fifty Shades of Writer”

Writing: The Lonely Profession?

As I write this it is the 30th of November 2020, and tomorrow is book launch day! Of course, 2020 has been blighted by Covid-19 and so it will be a low-key affair, but it’s worth remembering that, as gripes go, it could be a whole lot worse. Anyway, left alone in my writing cupboardContinue reading “Writing: The Lonely Profession?”

A hill on which to die

There are times when language fails us, and we struggle to find the right words to express an emotion, a movement, or a mood. Some writers, when faced with such a barrier, simply make something up and rely on context or onomatopoeia to give the new word meaning. Lewis Carroll gave us galumphing and chortleContinue reading “A hill on which to die”