Creepy (True!) Story
Seven years before my mother was born, my grandfather, Robert Deans, took a job in the Transvaal on a farm which belonged to a doctor’s
My Brother, the Record Setter
Many siblings have a long-established rivalry, but my brother and I get along famously, probably because we balance each other out. He’s competitive; I couldn’t
Letter to my Teenage Self
Dear Teenage Me, Why, oh why won’t you keep a diary? Your memory never gets any better, you know. Who cares if anyone reads it? At
Books on Location
The setting of a book is sometimes so powerful that it assumes a persona, becoming a character in its own right. Think of Dickens’s London
Fictional Ideas vs Execution
Many writers are terribly worried, to the point of paranoia, that their ideas will be stolen. My eldest stepdaughter, Kitty, is also a writer, and whenever
Hello from Inkspot
Welcome to the Inkspot blog. My name is Thea, and I’m the Inkspot Publishing Assistant Intern. I’ve been with Inkspot for about two months, and
