Writing, or as Juvenal the Roman poet put it, ‘the incurable writing disease’, should come with a health warning. In fact, judging by the many names…… Read more “The Unbearable Lightness of Writing”

‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ It’s a question most writers will be asked at some point. If you look around at the world, stories are…… Read more “Where do ideas come from?”

Like anything one is trying to nurture, writing takes time and effort. Although it is considered a mainly cerebral activity, writing also needs physical space, somewhere to…… Read more “A Desk of One’s Own”

It was during an interesting discussion recently between Ian Rankin and Luca Veste at a Waterstones’ event that Rankin raised what he described as the ‘elephant in…… Read more “The Crime Writer’s Elephant in the Room”

http://bit.ly/38a5zne click on this link to hear a sample of Madeleine Brolly reading WITNESS X Audible book. A book is like a conversation – it needs two…… Read more “Sound, kidda!”

Someone asked me not long after the birth of my first son would I ever have another baby. My expression must have been one of horrified exhaustion…… Read more “To Plan or Not to Plan…”

‘Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards.’  Søren Kierkegaard Dear AGENT, The above quote sets the scene for my novel FRAGILE LIES…… Read more “Query letter”

Finding an agent, I suspect, is not dissimilar from finding the love of your life – there’s so many possibilities out there, but only one is right…… Read more “How I found an Agent”