I’ve said it before…

June 5, 2011
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I was trawling around the webs recently and I came across another list of tips from published, and occasionally well known, authors. You know the ones; two dozen writers saying the same thing over and over. Truth be told, we all know these rules, we just like to have them confirmed to us by people [...]

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Nothing to see here

May 20, 2011

This is a test post for the sake of the email of subscription service which appears to have gone all wonky. It’s probably got something to do with moving the site to a new host. If you are a subscriber, please let me know if you didn’t see this post appear in your email inbox. [...]

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Versatile Blogger Award

May 11, 2011
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Look I’ve “won” another award! Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! I can barely contain myself. First of all, I’d like to thank the academy and… oh hang on. I don’t think this is a real award at all. In fact on further inspection, there doesn’t seem to be any kind of trophy or cake or [...]

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The joy of rewrites

April 21, 2011
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It seems like an age since I took part in NaNoWriMo back in November 2010. I finished my book, Monkeygeddon, and put it to one side. You know, like they tell you to. I’d planned on leaving it to one side for a month and the rewrites would begin in January. Then lot of stuff [...]

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E-Books vs. Real Books: The Solution

March 22, 2011
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I’ve wanted to write a post about the on-going battle between lovers of e-books and those who prefer “real” or printed books for quite some time. It was originally going to be an article to be pitched to Writing Magazine and was going to be called, Stop Your Incessant Whining. I’ve never bothered writing it [...]

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