Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Sunday, 5 July 2015

How One Image Can Suggest An Alternate Reality

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The other day I came across an image that I had not seen for thirty years: It is a cover from the US version of ' Vogue'  magazi...
Friday, 9 August 2013

The Loneliness Of A Long Distance Author - the Complaints of Anakana Schofield

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I was very irritated by an article I read in 'The Guardian' of 27th July 2013.  It was entitled 'How to publicise a novel' a...
Friday, 1 March 2013

Fight Back Against Trolls – Become a Goat

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I recognise that almost inadvertently, since I was encouraged into writing e-books, this blog has mutated into being a bit of a writer’s blo...
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Sunday, 19 August 2012

Demanding Readers

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I am often told that we live in a consumer-driven society and that customer power is stronger than ever.  I would contest this by pointing t...
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Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Are Authors Vampires of Others' Lives?

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A couple of months back in 'The Guardian' newspaper and elsewhere there was commentary on how authors take revenge on people.  The l...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Blogging the Blog 8: Characters Come To Life

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I advise anyone who is running a blog to do a search for your blog's name once in a while. Often I find references to this blog on other...
Saturday, 15 September 2007

Disappointment is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

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When I was a child I was always heartened when adults would say to me 'I am very disappointed in you; I expected you to do better'. ...