Blog | Tony Durrant

Run well, my friend

John is dead. Bad news visits well in the dark before the dawn when a message from another time zone interrupts the sleepless scrolling...

All that glisters...

There are a lot of writing competitions out there, and they're mainly for short stories. Which is odd, considering most bookshop shelves...

Bad guys and good guys

My son adopted the expression that I called his thinking look – all big eyes and as much a frown as a three-year old could muster on a...

A little help from a friend

Bookshelves and the internet are awash with resources for aspiring writers (if in doubt start at #WritingCommunity on Twitter). There are...

Murdering my darlings...

I am finally at the final editing stage of a manuscript and am wincing at the suggestions of a literary consultant. There they are,...

Spring visitors

We had been beaten to it by a few hang-gliders who were out for the first flight of the year.

The great leap Northward

...men with weathered faces sit by pub fires.