WRITER
Novels I have written… many set around the fictional town of Easthope, but others set in the North of England.
Stories I have written for young people, who may be literate and even fluent at reading but are reluctant to do so. it is hoped that this would lead them to be creative with language and maybe write themselves.
Writing guides
Anthologies and collaborations
I have just finished rereading an excellent book by Andrew O’Hagan which is not just about people who are missing, but people who miss them… or not. His book ranges from stories of nineteenth century Glasgow, through his own childhood in Scotland to the dreadful murders in Gloucester by Fred and Rosemary West and the abduction of little Jamie […]
MoreI’ve finished going through ‘Loving Judah’ with a scythe and lost nearly 7,000 excess words… I just get carried away when I write! I have to go through the second half again eliminating words which I use repetitively .. I’m over fond of ‘just’ for example! Then I shall go back to the beginning and read it out loud to myself, […]
MoreBefore I could write, I told stories, first to myself then to my sister; when I became a teacher, story telling became an intrinsic and vital part of my way of delivering the goods. Story telling in my teaching wasn’t just going through something in a text book, I would recount tales of my […]
MoreCamel Wood is an amalgam of many woods and woodlands and forests I’ve walked through. It is a large area of old woodland which exists only in my imagination but is so vivid and believable that it is easy to describe it when I write. Those of you who have read my novel ‘The Stalking of Rosa Czekov’ will know what […]
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Lois Elsden 