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Continue reading →: The Pros and Cons of an Artistic Temperament
I can understand why so many artists and writers throughout history have been alcoholics, drug addicts or mentally ill in some way or another. It seems that artistic temperament is important for the creative muse but it’s also very destructive for the soul. I was pondering this the other day as…
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Continue reading →: NaNoWriMo and the British Press
Elizabeth Haynes is an old, old friend of mine – far older than I suspect either of us care to remember. During our teen years we were close and then, as happens, we drifted apart as university beckoned. I think that drifting was my fault though I recall little of that period…
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Continue reading →: Be cool AND a Literary Aesthete: Ten ‘Modern’ Words with Older Literary Connections
It is simples, take an unfriend and, if he be found to have email, pull his muggles for he will never manage a google no matter how hard he might bang. Such cool, modern and trendy language from me, don’t you think? You might think, however, that I have misused…
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Continue reading →: Cover Reveal Competition: Seconds Before Sunrise by Shannon Thompson
Shannon Thompson, barely in her twenties, puts me to shame as a writer. While I struggle to get three books finished and ready to publish in between a busy schedule of meeting editor’s deadlines for articles, Shannon is preparing for the launch of her second book in the Timely Death trilogy…
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Continue reading →: 5 Writing Tips: Paul Harding
“Don’t write your books for people who won’t like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write and don’t try to please readers who like something different. Otherwise, you’ll end up with the worst of both worlds. “ This is a great article from a Pulitzer Prize…
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Continue reading →: “LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG!” – Some common expressions explained
It’s considered wisdom among writers to try and avoid cliches these days but, while I see the danger in overusing them, I like our little idiomatic expressions. Since learning Bangla and living in Bangladesh for five years, I’ve also enjoyed classic cliches such as “to have a foot in two…
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Continue reading →: Review: ‘Write Your Way Out of The Rat Race’ by Linda Formichelli
I was honoured when Linda asked me to be one of her beta-readers for her latest Kindle book written to help writers considering giving up the day job and begin trying to earn a living from words. I was even more pleased to end up being one of the ‘rat-race escapees’ she quotes throughout the book.…
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Continue reading →: 22 Must Haves for Booklovers….. | Books Now!
For book lovers only!Just found this post over at ‘Books Now!’ and had to share just enough of the pictures to entice you to click on the link and go have a look. The ideas are amazing. There’s several in this collection I greedily want, want, want: 7, 10, 14,…
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Continue reading →: 25 Unintentionally Funny Newspaper Headlines
A little light humor for you all today on Write Out Loud. I often cringe when I read some of the posts on my two blogs and realise that, despite, several re-reads and edits, errors of even the most basic kind have slipped in. I take heart then, that collections…
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Continue reading →: A thought about Pitches
Recently, I read a newsletter from a woman who runs a blog for writers. She talked about a forthcoming post a guest-blogger wrote about how marathon-running tips could be applied to writing. It was one of the metaphorical “what kindergarten taught me about business” types of post which are currently…
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