Archive - Martin Lake's Substack

FIRST DRAFTS SUCK

And murder most unfoul

Jun 18 •

JUNE IS BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER

A celebration of Stripey Pipey and other unsung stars of stage and screen

Jun 5 •

May 2025

May 26 •

LIKE VINTAGE WINE

Swooning into your vintage years has some compensations.

May 9 •

April 2025

STARTING A STORY

There is a lot of debate about the best place to start your story.

Apr 30 •

A SHORT STORY WRITTEN IN THE LONDON WRITERS SALON 24 HOUR SPRINT

Apr 26 •

THE BOOKS OF MY LIFE

I’ve borrowed this idea from the British newspaper The Guardian.

Apr 17 •

Aix-en-Provence

Apr 14 •

WHEN THAT APRIL…

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales begins in the month of April:

Apr 2 •

March 2025

A CAFÉ IN CRETE

I was high in the mountains of Crete, visiting the famed birthplace of Zeus.

Mar 24 •

IN THE BEGINNING

I’ve just had a great chat with Parul Bavishi, cofounder with Matt Trinetti, of the London Writers’ Salon.

Mar 20 •

February 2025

My Old Ear's a Dustbin

Feb 17 •

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