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8th December 2020
Bad writers slipping through the net
Good writers finding a home
But what does this mean for readers? Are the safeguards for...
Developing your craft
You've been writing for a while and nearly have a full draft of a manuscript, or a collection of finished shorter pieces of work, under your belt.
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10th December 2020
If you don’t fancy writing just one novel, and won’t settle for several, then we assume you mean to unleash dozens on the market. When friends in...
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8th December 2020
Does anyone really know when it’s time for vampires, wizards, fairies, angels or sci-fi? People talk about zeitgeist, intuition and talent...
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8th December 2020
Reading Alex Clark’s Guardian piece last week on the Lost Art of Editing, author and long-serving publishing personality Carmen Callil’s...
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8th December 2020
I notice that as writers we tend to make one of two errors when it comes to revision: we either think it has only to do with grammar...
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8th December 2020
1. Do not rely on spell check. And if you have relied on spell check, double check it. The cautionary tale for this tip belongs to...