Joshua Mowll

by Colin

I had attended a previous lecture given by a successful writer who had worked down a mine.Writing he had said was like working in the pit, the pen was a shovel, you had to keep digging, it was bloody hard work.

Joshua Mowll brought the same candour to his talk. Writing is obviously less Daphne De Maurier,lanquid afternoons engaged in light repartee and more like bloody hard work. Having worked bloody hard in life so far, I don't subscribe to the view. I do agree with Joshua however that dedication and focus is needed to succeed and that literature is a can of beans, it needs presentation, marketing and selling.

I enjoyed his thoughts on dedication,planning and action. Although I do think that you have to be brave to write and then discard perhaps a third of your book, now that takes courage.

It was an interesting and informative demonstration by Joshua on how to put together and sell a book.

A valuable lesson indeed.