In 2018 I became a Master of Philosophy in Creative Writing. As part of my thesis I was required to provide a collection of short stories linked by place. I chose the New Forest, in particular the area in and around Lyndhurst. Pure laziness on my part: I live there, so not too much on-the-ground research required.
The Winchester Writers' Festival 2019 - by Ed Nicholson
I’m a newbie novelist. I’ve been writing my first book for about nine months and I’ve joined a writers group, but it still feels like this is a weird thing to be doing. I wouldn’t mention it at polite dinner parties, where people would be patronising or appalled. Winchester Writers’ Festival changed all that.