Spotlight on … CHARLOTTE WOOD

THE AUTHOR REVEALS THE JOY OF FOLLOWING CREATIVE PURSUITS

Charlotte Wood certainly knows a thing or two about the joy that creativity can bring. Not only is she the bestselling author of six novels including The Weekend, she is also a keen cook.

“I love to cook, both as a creative, no-pressure pastime and as a way of bringing people together around a table,”Wood tells WHO.“I love that there’s nothing riding on the outcome.

If I burn a cake or muck up a sauce, nobody cares! But the process of making it has its own rewards.”

In The Luminous Solution, Wood shares the lessons she has learned from years working as a writer and explains how everyone can make time to be more creative. “There’s something very peaceful about detaching from the noisy, uncontrollable outer world and focusing on bringing something new into existence,” she says. (Out now)