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Why? What? How? and Who?
Why? I was a two-year old once. It was a long time ago, and I can’t remember anything about it, but I suppose I was an average two-year old. I…
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Get Lost…in the Music
I have good news. I have found a YouTube rabbit hole that doesn’t waste your time! If you’re a writer who likes to listen to music in the background while…
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Learning to Just Do It
Let’s face it. Keeping up momentum and motivation in my writing life is a hard job. No one is waiting breathlessly for my next novel to be published (well, maybe…
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Using psychic distance
Psychic distance is a term coined by John Gardner in his book The Art of Fiction. It relates to the distance the reader feels between themselves and events in the story. He…
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TECH AND ME
I recently read a complaint written by an older man on his difficulties with technology. I totally agree—me too, in my mid-eighties. Born too soon. I saw a mother pushing…
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Activism and Your Writing Voice
When heads are down, concentrating on the creative process or diligently revising/editing, say, to meet a deadline to a publisher, how much mind space do you have for social issues?…
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THE POWER OF THUNDERSTORMS
Here in France, thunderstorms are a way of life. Hot air from North Africa meets colder air high above France; with climate change, these storms are getting worse. Not only…
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Music while you work
The Kingfisher by William Henry Davies It was the Rainbow gave thee birth, And left thee all her lovely hues; And, as her mother’s name was Tears, So runs it…
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Half the Story
One side of a dialogue for your to complete in whichever way, and with whatever characters you like.
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Inarticulate characters – know what I mean?
It's not easy to write inarticulate characters and make them sympathetic. But Prince Charles managed it once (inadvertantly). How about you?