On writing
Drew Gummerson25 years being a writer. Some success. Some not success.
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On the radio
This week I prerecorded an interview for a new radio book show. It’s called The Late Late Book Show. Details are here.
The interview was at 10 o’clock in the morning. I was nervous before. I don’t know why as I don’t mind talking about boo...
On Marketing Yourself and Being Exhausted
I saw a post on Substack.
Why is a writer’s life spent more time on marketing than on actual writing?
I don’t know this is true. It is a self-perpetuating myth of the internet that you need to be on the internet to sell books. Nobody re...
On rewriting Kafka
“One morning as Gregor awoke from beautiful dreams he found his mother and father transformed into the most horrible vermin…”
Is the opening line of my new short story, Gregor, coming very soon from Sunburnt Saints.
The line, and the whol...
On being cool
I am on my way to work and there is a guy cycling in front of me doing a wheelie. I’ve never been able to do a wheelie on my bike. I can’t do that thing where you cycle without your hands on the handlebars either. I’ve never looked good in...
On Sunburnt Saints -an interview with a brand new short story publisher.
It’s the quickest acceptance I’ve ever had. I’d seen on social media a new short story publisher was setting up, was anyone interested? Sure, I said, count me in. A few weeks later I got an email.
What I’m looking for is stories, around...
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Writer of The Lodger, Me and Mickie James, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. Saltburn, latest book. Lambda Award finalist. Leicestershire Short Story Prize winner. Stories on BBC Radio 4, and various anthologies.
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