Over the past few weeks I have been preparing for meeting a literary agent but realistically, what can I possibly…
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There’s an Italian saying: See Naples and die. After driving in Naples, that idiom has a whole new meaning. The…
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Curating Walking Routes T he dictionary definition of the verb ‘to curate’ is: ‘to pull together, sift through, and select…
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It strikes me that there is a world of difference between writing endings in a stand-alone novel and writing endings…
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I seem to be having a minor attack of writer’s doubt. I am just over halfway through the first draft…
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How many times have we seen the imperative ‘read carefully’ on medication instructions or an installation guide? I can only speak…
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It is rapidly approaching the seventh anniversary of leaving Tenerife, the sub-tropical island which had been our home for 14…
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I t strikes me that writing a novel is a bit like designing a kitchen. Designing a kitchen J ack…
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Over the twixmas period I inadvertently found myself hitting the writing refresh button and returning to my current work-in-progress. I…
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How influential writing can really be is the enormous question that, from time to time, makes me stop and think.…
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