How much of the world are you actually experiencing, and how much are you simply assuming?I once read that we don't really see the world around us. We see the version of it that our brains have constr...

What if the forest knows more than we think it does?I love trees. Many people do, although most don't really think about them very much. People walk past them on the way to work, sit underneath them i...

One of the oddest things about being an author is that, from the outside, it can look as though nothing's happening, especially if you are like me who struggles with social media updates and, dare I u...

So, it's happening.After what feels like roughly one thousand years of writing, rewriting, second-guessing, deleting, undeleting, and waiting, my debut novel is going to be going through a proper edit...

By Neil BaileyIf you’re a writer who hangs around on X (or any social media site), you’ve probably seen this message pop into your DMs at least once a week:“Hello [your name], I came across your amazi...

By Neil BaileySo here I am again. Another idea. Another shiny, exciting, completely unplanned story that’s marched into my brain shouting, “Write me next! You know you want to."Sound familiar?You try ...

Let’s be honest. Rejection hurts. Especially when it’s rejection for something you’ve poured your heart, caffeine, and late-night sanity into. You send out your carefully polished query letter, maybe ...

Many a writer has been there, including myself. You start with a brilliant idea. The opening sings, the characters feel alive, the premise sparkles. You’re flying through the first few chapters with t...

and how I make it work for meWriters love to argue about tools. Scrivener versus Google Docs, notebooks versus apps, even typewriters still get a mention now and then. But for me, the tool that fits ...