S.C Newland - Writer

  Just started a new job delivery driving to get a bit of an income. Still giving me enough time to write. So, I wondered what kind of jobs famous writers might have had to make ends meet. Here are a few: JK Rowling – had several jobs before the arrival of Harry Potter, including working as a bilingual secretary and researcher at Amnesty International, for the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and in Portugal teaching English. Stephen King – the prodigious horror/fantasy author once worked as a janitor in a school. His novel ‘Carrie’ was allegedly based on the said experiences. Harper Lee – worked as an airline booking clerk before her famous Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird took off. Kurt Vonnegut – famed for works like Slaughterhouse-Five – one time opened a Saab dealership in Cape Cod with limited success. By his own account, he made a terrible salesman, but the lack of customers gave him time to write The Sirens of Titan . The dealership even inspired t...

Today is International Womens Day, to celebrate women writers I have chosen a few of my favourites over the years, in no particular order, here's a little list. Debbie Macomber - incredibly prolific American author, almost a key mover in the Romance and Women Friendship novels market. Although dyslexic she was determined to succeed. A success that brought to the world Cedar Cove and the Mrs Miracle Christmas stories. Mary Norton - The author of 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' and the Borrowers stories. Her first novel The Magic Bed Knob was written in New York during World War 2 and published in 1944. I still enjoy B and B to this day. She passed away in 1992 and was buried in Hartland, Devon.  Edith Nesbitt - was an English writer who popularised fantasy stories for children, notably: The Phoenix and the Carpet. Although, probably her best known novel is The Railway Children. She also wrote several adult 'ghost' stories, one of which Man-Sized Marble was adapted by th...