For the past few weeks, John Baker - writer of such novels that perch atop the ArtsWom bedside cabinet as The Chinese Girl – has seemingly been enjoying the delightfully punishing British weather (either remorseless rain or hellacious heat), but has not neglected to keep his readers entertained with an imaginative means to keep his blog updated…

The industrious author targeted a number of writers - “Some famous names. Others little-known. And still others, unknown outside of quite specialist circles” – and asked them for their thoughts on the question: “What phases are involved in the creation of a text?” The insightful and informative responses have been posted, one every day, on John Baker’s blog.

For every aspiring creative writer out there, the answers are fantastic fuel for thought and the range of replies from such differing personalities, as to allow those keen enough to read through all the posts a chance to disseminate and draw all the relevant advice they need to aid their writing efforts. More experienced writers can enjoy seeing how the methodology of their peers differs from their own.

Take heed of this noticeably different text – if you click on it, allow yourself to be whisked away to John Baker’s blog and read through all the fine articles in this series.