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How to combat writer isolation
I am declaring today to be National Worging Day in my household. For those of you who are not me, a worge is a word merge or a fusion word. Quite simply, you take two words and merge them into one, or...
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How many words should my book be?
When I first started the process of writing my book “Change Your Life From the Inside Out”, I was full of intentions that it would be a 15 page Opt in guide for the website. After writing the...
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Editing Your First Draft
I took a break from the whole self publishing circus this weekend because I figured I needed a rest from worrying about author platforms and marketing myself online. Sometimes it feels like I have...
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How to become a writer
For many years, I dreamed a dream. I saw myself writing wonderful books. I imagined myself writing books that people would lovingly pass to their friends, whispering ‘you have to read this’ in...
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When the creative muse strikes…. a printable gift
Look it’s a free printable. Click the image to download your very own muse catcher. Even though I am currently immersing myself in the editing process, I am finding that the Creative Muse will just not...
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How to find your authentic writing voice
You’ve read it a thousand times: “write with your own authentic voice”. According to some it is the key to engaging readers and creating books that sell. But what exactly is “Your authentic voice”?...
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Review of guides to formatting your ebook for kindle
So it has reached that point in my ebook self publishing journey where I have to face the inevitable. I have resigned myself to the fact that this is the week where I must face down my demon and...
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Endangered Speechies: B
Those of you who joined me last Tuesday will have no doubt been waiting, with bated breath I hope, for this week’s Endangered Speechies. For new friends and casual visitors, Endangered Speechies are...
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Inspiration for booklovers
Indulge me here, if you will, whilst I wax lyrical about my love of old books. I imagine, if you are a writer or a reader, that you too might confess to a love of opening up a leather-bound edition and...
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Endangered Speechies: C
It’s Tuesday which means it’s Endangered Speechies Day here at the blog. Today’s motley little collection of disused slang is today coming to you from the letter C. Try using some of these...
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Inspiration for writers
There’s something rather inspiring about listening to other writers share their process. I am a morning writer so, often of an evening, you will find me curled up with my tablet scouring the internet...
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A month of writing without a plan: update
So, yes I have not been blogging, and no, I have not been lolling around eating doorsteps and rovers looking like a dying duck in a thunderstorm. That was the week before last for your information....
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Endangered Speechies: D
So how on earth it got to Tuesday again, I have no idea. My only excuse for being such a shockingly irregular blogster is that last week I really pulled myself back into my writing. I will update you...
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Inspiration for Writers: Rebecca Miller
I find this video of Rebecca Miller, author of ‘The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee’ completely inspiring. Not just for her eloquence and openness in talking about her creative process but also for the...
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Is your novel literary? Shame on you
So you took the leap. You stood on the edge of the precipice and decided to write a novel. It was going to be marvellous. It was going to be a million-dollar idea. You had decided to turn your back...
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Endangered Speechies: E
We are now bearing down on the Letter E in our Endangered Speechies series. I wonder how these posts are serving you in your appreciation of some of the vagaries and quirks of lost colloquialisms....
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Inspiration for writers: Rebecca Miller Part two
Here’s the second installment of last week’s inspiring video. This time Miller delves a little deeper into her process and refers to her delicious outlining wall. Heaven. Enjoy!
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