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9th December 2020
This year my first and last book on the craft of writing was published. It’s called Writing: A User Manual and is now out in print and ebook in...
Seeking inspiration
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17th December 2020
The young writer, aged 30, attended the Writers’ & Artists’ How to Get Published Course in June 2010 and shortly afterwards met her agent,...
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8th December 2020
Mine was a shy courtship that began during my GCSEs. Story snippets were starting to leak from the margins of my school books. My...
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8th December 2020
"Where do you get your ideas?"
A great many writers will profess to hate being asked this stinky old...
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18th December 2020
“Where does it all come from?” runs that favourite query of literary festival audiences. “Where do you get your ideas and your inspiration?”...
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10th December 2020
My most treasured childhood books all have little puffins on their spines. Roald Dahl’s stories sparked my love...