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Written by Geoff Mills

Geoff Mills, a graduate of the National Academy of Writing, earns a measly crust from freelance writing and the occasional teaching and acting job. He is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at Birmingham University, with research interests in the campus novel and the role and nature of creative writing in the academy. A beefy gentleman in his mid thirties, he confesses to a fetish for fast food, lager and high calorie prose.

A Telegram from the Unconscious: Martin Amis on Creativity and Style

September 22, 2015 by Geoff Mills

Was it simple coincidence, or had Martin Amis heard that I was in town and in need of some high-semantic stimulation? Either way it was with surprise that I discovered…

Creative Writing Studies: The Rise of a New Discipline

June 14, 2015 by Geoff Mills

When I became a student of Creative Writing in 2007 the pedagogue within me broke through. I came into contact with good teacher-writers, but as a teacher myself I was…

On Prose Style: Simplicity Versus Sesquipedalianism

May 3, 2015 by Geoff Mills

I like my prose thick and porridgy. I like to wade through it. I like it to stick to the inside of my brain. Anything too thin and I rapidly…

Two New MAs in Town: Creative Writing at Cambridge, Self-publishing at University of Central Lancashire

February 25, 2014 by Geoff Mills

I note with interest the arrival of two new MAs in town. The first of these is Cambridge University’s first Master of Studies in Creative Writing, led by the biographer…

Tangles with the Self: What It Takes To Be a Writer (Part 2)

December 28, 2013 by Geoff Mills

At his book launch in 2008, Will Self responded to a question about managing his time as both writer and media personality. Although his answer was brief, he talked about…

Tangles with the Self: What It Takes To Be a Writer

November 24, 2013 by Geoff Mills

In 2008, I attended a talk by Will Self at the Edinburgh Festival, a launch event at which, as John Nicholson describes, he ‘ambles onto the stage, loping like a…

Gunpowder, Reason and Plot: Malcolm Bradbury and the Creative Writing Revolution

November 5, 2013 by Geoff Mills

At the end of the 1960s, at about the same time many English departments were announcing The Death of the Author, Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson, both authors and both…

Exploding Grandmothers and Other First Impressions

October 11, 2013 by Geoff Mills

Today, in the supermarket, I hit a small girl square in the face. I didn’t, of course, but few would read this and fail to read on. It had, I…

A Fine Frenzy Rolling: Two Parts to the Creative Process

October 9, 2013 by Geoff Mills

The playwright David Edgar has done much to pioneer the teaching of playwriting in this country, an influence that began even before he established the now famous masters degree in…

Ding Dong The Booker Prize is Dead

September 28, 2013 by Geoff Mills

It is with great sadness that I must mark the passing of a cherished friend: yes, the Booker Prize as we knew it has ceased to be. Once the reserve…

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