"Fabulous Storytelling" Mick Herron
I have been writing and publishing books on a variety of topics since my bestselling Angry White Pyjamas came out in 1997. Other bestsellers include Red Nile, a biography of the River Nile. In total I have written 15 mainstream books translated into 16 languages. The include creative non-fiction, novels, memoir, travel and self-help. My publishers include Harper Collins, Picador, Penguin and Hachette. I have won several awards including two top national prizes- the Somerset Maugham literary award and the William Hill sportsbook of the Year Award. I have also won the Newdigate Prize for poetry- one of the oldest poetry prizes in the world; past winners include Oscar Wilde, James Fenton and Fiona Sampson.
A more recent success was Micromastery, published by Penguin in the US and the UK as well as selling in eight other countries.
Micromastery is a way of learning new skills more efficiently. I include these methods when I coach people who want to improve as writers. If that's you, go to the section of this site titled I CAN HELP YOU WRITE. I have taught creative writing in schools and universities but I now find coaching and editing is where I can deliver the most value. In the past I have taught courses in both fiction and memoir at Moniack Mhor, the former Arvon teaching centre in Scotland.
"Micromastery is a triumph. A brilliant idea, utterly convincing, and superbly carried through" - Philip Pullman
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 4:16AM Robert takes a look at the book Sands of Death by Michael Asher, which describes Paul Flatters' doomed attempt to become the first European to cross the Hoggar mountains and reach Timbuktu, for The Daily Mail,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-444695/Sands-Of-Death-Michael-Asher.html
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 4:01AM Robert goes in search of a new route across Egypt's western desert to the cave paintings of Gilf Kebir, for the Times Online,
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/egypt/article1462410.ece
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 3:54AM Robert talks with Sandi Toksvig about about his epic expedition across Canada by birchbark canoe, for the BBC radio show 'Excess Baggage',
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage/index_20060211.shtml
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 3:49AM Robert discusses the book The Rash Adventurer by Imogen Grundon about the life of archaeologist, guerilla leader, scholar and athlete John Pendlebury, for The Daily Mail,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-463039/Bring-glass-eye-Cretan-Lawrence.html
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5:34AM Robert describes Cairo nightlife after 1001 nights of living in the city, for CNN Traveller,
http://www.cnntraveller.com/2008/09/01/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5:26AM Robert talks about The Explorer School and the skills needed for desert exploration, for CNN Traveller,
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 5:16AM Robert describes an event during his expedition across Canada by birchbark canoe, and how 'adventures' are often the result of escape from an elementary blunder...
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/against-the-current-571455.html