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A Current Affairs Short: On Twitter & Threats 2 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
The issue of rape and bomb threats made over Twitter has been in the British news recently. Essentially, a woman campaigned to get Jane Austen on bank notes, so some men threatened to come and rape he...
Not a Review: Coach Yourself to Writing Success 29 Jul 2013 | 02:55 pm
Much as I love books, there is one genre that is sure to get me running for the hills. Two little words with a hyphen between … I’ll whisper them … Self-help. Maybe I’m being unfair – I mean the id...
On Sleep – New Hypothesis on Memory 25 Jul 2013 | 05:18 pm
I’ve posted about sleep before – perhaps because I’ve struggled with it for much of my life – so I thought I’d share another interesting blog post I found today: scientists have long worked around the...
Current & Recent Reading – July 2013 15 Jul 2013 | 03:37 pm
I’ve got some time off work at the moment, so I had a little book-shopping-binge (my favourite kind of binge) and have been catching up on some much-needed reading. In the fiction corner we have the ...
Lessons from a Failed Writer: The Importance of Routine and Stamina 8 Jul 2013 | 05:55 pm
Be warned, here be honesty! Since I was young I’ve wanted to be ‘a writer’* and I’ll be 30 this year without a finished novel to my name. I’ve got a WIP that has been WIPing for 4 years now. I’d cu...
Best Writing Advice Ever … 4 Jul 2013 | 03:44 pm
Yes, I am still here. Yes, I’ve had a crazily busy academic year. Yes, I’m getting back on the blogging horse! But more on that another day. For today, I’m pointing you towards the best piece of w...
The Best Laid Plans … 25 Oct 2012 | 01:33 am
… of Mice and Writers. Note to self: don’t try to do anything at the start of the academic year. Really. Don’t bother. And definitely don’t try to finishing a sodding novel! I’m not going to moan a...
Nothing New – the humble bra’s potential Medieval origins! 13 Sep 2012 | 03:51 am
(It’s a bit complicated (and I’m very tired, so probably not explaining nor writing in the best possible way), but I’m posting this because I thought I already had posted it and I mentioned to a lovel...
BIAM: First Day 4 Sep 2012 | 02:29 am
Just to give you an idea of my first day’s progress: I got home from work just after 5pm, read today’s chapter in BIAM and read the last chapter I wrote for AT&Gw; I then wrote from 6pm until 8pm toda...
Starting ‘Book in a Month’ 3 Sep 2012 | 09:28 pm
Today I’m starting to use the Book in a Month ‘system’ that I mentioned the other day in my post about books on writing. I’m planning to finish the first draft in the course of the next 30-40 days (I’...
