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Take a deep breath
It’s time for a second wind. I’ve been somewhat diverted of late. Living in the country I spend a lot of time collecting logs from the Forest of Dean to chain saw into fuel for the fire – given the … Continue reading
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Tagged Authonomy, Book Cover, Eurasian, Forest of Dean, novels, Thriller
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Authonomy, YouWriteOn and others
I must have been inspired in some subconscious way by my attendance at the Winchester writers festival because I found myself doing something I have never done before – joining fairly high level writers groups online. But I reckon Authonomy … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Council, Books, fiction, HarperCollins, non-fiction, novelists, novels, writing
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Winchester Writers Conference – a virgin’s report
It was the first time that I had ever been to a writers conference. I hadn’t realised just how many writers there are out there. When you consider a high percentage of the 500 or so delegates at the Winchester … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Ebury Press, fiction, Lorella Belli, Marcella Edwards, non-fiction, novels, Philip Patterson, Teresa Chris, Winchester, writers conferences
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Naked rejection: you have to take it on the chin
There are some people who can take rejection, bounce back and prove the rejectors wrong, short-sighted or just plain stupid. I suppose if you want to be some kind of sales person (and I have a high regard for really … Continue reading
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Tagged Doris Lessing, famous authors, JK Rowling, John Grisham, naked, Norman Mailer, novels, rejection, Stephen King, Watership Down, William Golding
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If you want to confess – do it online
The headline is really a disguised plug. I’ve recently finished my new novel – the first of a series featuring a charismatic and very different protagonist named Mike Delaney. Confessions play a part in story but only a part. I’m … Continue reading
Everybody who’s anybody in film & trade publishing – hurry, hurry!
For those of you who have never heard of Gerard Jones then it’s time to check him out. Gerard is a 65 year old writer living in the US who started to chronicle the 500,000 rejections he has so far … Continue reading
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