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Photographic Folly 26 Aug 2013 | 09:48 pm
I’m sure many of you will be aware that I usually have a photograph to accompany my blog postings. I like to think that it adds a little more eye-candy to the post. These photos usually come from my o...
Edit. Edit. Edit. Stop 19 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
A friend at the writers’ group I go to asked me a question at our most recent meeting: at what point do you stop editing your work? I know this is something many writers struggle with. Every first dr...
Book Giveaway - Handy Hints For Writers 12 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
Following on from last week’s words of advice from writers here’s another tip from Lynne Hackles: “The best advice ever: Find the market first. Write the product next.” Anyone who has ever written f...
A Reminiscence of Writers 5 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
I’ve just returned from the Writers’ Holiday, held for the last time at Caerleon, near Newport, Wales. (Next year’s takes place at Fishguard - for more information visit here: http://www.writersholida...
One Of Those Weeks! 29 Jul 2013 | 01:30 pm
Last week was what I call ‘one of those weeks’. Those of you who’ve read my book The Positively Productive Writer will know that I’m one of these people who plans out what my targets are for the week ...
Happy Times 22 Jul 2013 | 01:30 pm
I’m in receipt of a brand new Moleskine notebook - my prize for having a letter published in the latest issue of Writers’ Forum magazine. I was writing in response to a letter in the previous issue, w...
Conquer Once - Conquer Again! 13 Jul 2013 | 06:42 pm
I’ve been reading Elizabeth George’s Write Away (ISBN: 978-0340832097), which is subtitled as One novelist’s approach to fiction and the writing life. The first few sections of the book deal with the ...
Streaming Notebooks 8 Jul 2013 | 01:30 pm
In September last year, I mentioned an experiment where I’d asked a handful of writers to join with me and undertake a creative writing technique, called Morning Pages, to see if it boosted a writer’s...
Choosing The Right B****y Words! 1 Jul 2013 | 01:30 pm
There are some great blog posts around at the moment, by writers, for writers, designed to give the blog-post readers a good kick up the writing a**e. If you fancy reading a couple, (although anyone w...
Rules are rules! 24 Jun 2013 | 01:30 pm
In the writing world there are times when it is acceptable to break the rules. There may be times when it is appropriate for your story to have characters beginning with the same letter, or for you to...
