Category Archives: On Writing
On Writing
On writing: Kate Holden
I always imagined writers worked in sunny, airy offices, green leaves waving beyond the window, a ray of golden light striking the writer’s unfurrowed brow, a teapot and a bunch of jonquils beside them on the desk, a little light Mozart on the stereo, thoughts beaming from … Read more
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On Writing: Fiona Wright
Apparently there’s a look to it. A kind of half-smirk, with a stare that’s a bit glazed and hazy, a tilted head. To me, it sounds like the face of a fox terrier with chewtoys on its mind. But my friend calls it the Poemface, and has … Read more
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On writing: Rosie Scott
Rosie Scott is an internationally published, award-winning novelist. Her latest novel, Faith Singer, was included in an international list of ’50 Essential Reads by living writers’ compiled by the Guardian, Orange Prize Committee and the Hay Literary Festival. Rosie is also course director of Getting Started, a … Read more
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On Writing: Leah Swann
Leah Swann’s short story collection, Bearings, tells of the tumult of life, featuring characters who are yet anchored by hope. Her tales have been called ‘perfect little parcels of humanity’. But how did she begin her writing journey? Leah told Killings about her writing craft. Before I … Read more
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On Writing: Louise Swinn
For our ‘On Writing’ series, we asked Louise Swinn to reflect on writing. Her short story ‘A Clean Kind of Dirt’ appears in Issue 4 of Kill Your Darlings. Who cares why I write? I’m the most average person in the world. I have a liberal arts … Read more
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On Writing: LK Holt
In Killings’ On Writing column, we ask writers we admire to reflect on what and how they write. Our first contributor is LK Holt – poet, publisher at John Leonard Press and editor of the magazine Blast Poetry and Critical Writing. In Randall Jarrell’s poem ‘A Sick … Read more
