Tag: writing about writing

• Ghostwriting and Fiction – On Zoella

  Earlier this week there was quite a furore when it was revealed that Zoe Sugg’s (a YouTube star, apparently) debut novel, Girl Online was largely ghost-written by her editorial team. The book went on to shift nearly 80,000 copies  in the initial weekend and there was a wide-ranging debate as to where, ethically, ghost-writing in…

  Richard Holliday

  December 12, 2014

  Articles

  writing about writing

• Starting Uni – What It Means for My Site

  So next month I’ll be starting my Open University course studying English Literature and Creative Writing (a slight but I feel important course correction if you forgive the pun!); I wrote previously about how I came about deciding to embark on this endeavour and fair to say I’m both excited and extremely nervous but it’s…

  Richard Holliday

  September 29, 2014

  Miscellaneous

  university, writing about writing

• What’s Happened to The Cloud?

  Eagle-eyed readers may be aware that my short story The Cloud, which is my first foray into post-apocalyptic fiction, is currently password-protected and hence unavailable to read on my website. I’ve had to make The Cloud unavailable because I’ve recently submitted it for consideration for the next series of BBC Radio 4 series “The Time…

  Richard Holliday

  July 19, 2014

  Announcements, Writing

  contest submissions, post-apocalyptic, promotion, short stories, the cloud, writing about writing