Here at Words Are Life, we've published 3 very different books. Click on the covers to find out more, and to purchase.

Why writers need estate agents!

Using character questions to help write deeper characters.

Allan Birkin (songwriter, drummer, singer and 'blue' stand-up comic, Scully who put the F in Laffta) shares his life and times.

Using reference and quote books to inspire your writing, plus reading examples from Lesley Atherton at Words Are Life.

David Holding, that's what. Our most prolific writer, David Holding, has been extra-prolific this last year or so. His books: Live Or Let...

Wigan poet, Shaun Fallows, has produced one of the quirkiest and most thought-provoking books of poetry I’ve ever read.

I recently got hold of three books by Wigan writer, Samantha Turner, and they are three glossy-covered and slim volumes.

‘I love you,’ he says. And I think, Ivan, you’re amazing. You have the weirdest mind I’ve met. Like, ever. We have a good time, me and Ivan

Richard Easton was in my year at high school. Though our form rooms were a few steps across the corridor, I didn’t know him, but almost...

Harv hovers at the launderette. He chews another Nicorette while Eyeing his companion’s jacket For the outline cardboard packet.

Matt’s head peeped from behind our ensuite’s door. ‘You up for it again? Third try and fingers crossed?’ Legs crossed, more like.

My book, 'The Waggon', will shortly be published.... In this instance, the old adage write about what you know about is true. It is a...

7 September 2019 Tales from Firesides Generations Past Review of Duncan Williamson's 'Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children' 'Fireside...

​Rumer Godden's 'The Diddakoi' was made into a children's TV series called Kizzy when I was a little girl, and I couldn't tear myself away..

Sometimes wonderful writing creeps up on you by stealth. It may seem simplistic, perhaps overly so, or even naïve - or primitive. But...

Below is a review of a book published in 2011 about the Pretoria Pit Disaster which appeared in Wigan Heritage Service’s Bulletin "PAST...

Thirty years after Penny Taylor's death, Judith Taylor has published a book of her life, and it's a beautiful tribute to a wonderful woman.

I happened upon this little book recipes by chance, and was drawn to so much about it. Firstly, the format. ‘Recipes From The Past’ is a...

If you’re looking for a morally flawed, highly controversial character, with twists and turns galore to reignite your love of the genre...

Five years ago I decided to come out of the woodwork and admit to the world at large that I am a writer. One thing leads to another...

Another of our shorter novels, or novelettes, 'No Matter What' is a gripping story of isolation and obsession.

Eleanor Duvivier's novel of Greek mythology, marathons and magic is now awailable as both ebook and paperback. It's a fantastic and really e

‘So, this is the freedom you were talking about. It stinks.’ I nodded. ‘But we can still be friends.’ ‘Friends?’ she spluttered.

Author Eleanor Duvivier answers five questions about her new book 'Helios Sphere' and reveals the mix of influences that ran this book toget

A week ago I started watching ‘Stranger Things’ and have now reached the end of what’s currently available on Netflix. I resisted the sh

Trudie tickled Alex’s feet, sang ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ a couple of times, and gave her son exactly what he needed and what her loving hear

The story is a one-sided insight into the suffering of Lacie as she communicates with Paul - a young man who is introduced to us while lying

Do other professions have similar issues to writers’ block? Is there such a thing as Doctors’ Dread? Opticians’ Obstruction? Grocers’ Groan

Joanne Merryweather’s speech to the Republican-Democratic Party Conference in Blackpool, 2021, promised to be quite a spectacle. Not only be

This book is the story of Liam Parry, and he is quite a guy! Throughout the course of the book, he enjoys psychiatric nurse training, nursin

What is the point in writing yet another review of a classic? None. Other than for personal satisfaction and as a reminder of what I...

Perfection. That’s what she was, and I was sure that today would work out just the way I’d planned.

1 (8 syll) The straw that broke the roofer’s back 2 (4 syll) A roof of thatch. 3 (8 syll) With ma

Q1: Hi Hannah, good to have this opportunity to speak to you… First of all, I was wondering where the idea for ‘Bound’ came from. Perhaps yo

‘The Last Runaway’ was written in 2013 and was selected for me to read by my teenage daughter. She was hovering around the historical ficti

I came across the organisation ‘Never Such Innocence’ when my 13 year old daughter, Morrigan, decided to enter their 2018 art competition wi

The first thing you notice is that it is a very attractive book with a simple but well-designed and effective cover. This really does the co

Mother Gracie shuffled over to her stove. Raq remained where he was. Long gone were the days when he followed at her skirt hems if she move

A: This book is about hoarding and nastiness as well as being about family and relationships. It's an obvious question, but why on earth wo

G: My first question for you is a very simple one, and you must get sick of answering it. Why would anyone want to write? It

Photographic studio Child and mother? Or sister and brother? A photographic studio, in best clothes, matching mustard and apple green?

Mick and Mairead Philpott made a terrible decision a few years back: to set a fire in their overcrowded home and to subsequently blame Lisa

Buy the book HERE! Only £3.99! This collection of poetry, compiled in 2017, was inspired by many things.

Who’s to say why you’re so easily misled and discouraged? There’s no point asking because you won’t answer. It isn’t that you have

Comments from a reader of 'Past Present Tense' (now known as Life's a Mess... and Then You Die! "Good pace. Takes its time to reflect in

The book begins with the statement “These stories of allotment life draw on the author’s own experiences as an allotment gardener of over 30

Graham twitched awake and immediately found himself not only bound and gagged, but in deep confusion about how he’d ended up in that state.

‘He looks like Justin Bieber. Or that YouTuber that all the year 10 girls like - you know, that Dutch guy Henri…’ ‘Oh yeah. Henri. He’s