Lessons Learned on Writing

Tess Woods: What Makes a Real Writer?

by Louise Allan | Sep 25, 2017 | WRITERS IN THE ATTIC

Today I welcome Tess Woods into the attic. I’m so proud to share this essay because Tess is a dear friend of mine. It’s written in her inimitable style and with her trademark length (she’s never short for a word 😉 ). You won’t regret taking the...

10 Things I’ve Learned About Writing a Novel—An Incomplete List

by Louise Allan | Apr 27, 2015 | ON WRITING

My novel began life as a short story about a young girl in the 1960s, but it has grown into a family saga beginning in the 1920s and ending in the present day. In writing it, I sometimes feel as if I’ve bitten off more than I...