News about a disturbing proposal regarding the copyrigh terms of Australian book editions -- and what we can do about it.
Read MoreNews & views
Immersive journalism
How will Virtual Reality reportage affect our experience of the news? What are the ethical issues involved?
Read MoreTeachers and writers
Teachers and writers have more in common than you might suppose -- a theme I explore in this article written in 2008.
Read MoreNotes from the London Book Fair 2016 #1
As usual, the London Book Fair was a mixture of information, inspiration, and exasperation!. Here are my notes from Day 1.
Read More7 Things that every serious blogger should do
If you're serious about blogging, here's a list of things you must do.
Read More4 things that writers must do
Here is a list of four things that I think you have to do in order to a writer. Well, I do anyway!
Read MoreTechnology at the London Book Fair 2016
The technology seminar programme at the London Book Fair has recently been announced.
Read MoreThe London Book Fair 2016
Only 6 weeks to go...
Read MoreAn experiment in creating a news feed on the Writers' Know-how website
Read all about it: my experiment is setting up a separate news feed.
Read MoreAre publishers starting to listen?
Welcome news on the publishing front.
Read MoreJohn Steinbeck's advice to writers
John Steinbeck on writing.
Read MoreAn insane way to keep you focused
If you fond it difficult to stay focused on your writing, then maybe this is just the boot up the backside you need....
Read MoreE-reading vs p-reading: your brain knows the difference
Whether you read books on an ebook reader or read the paper versions instead makes a more profound difference than you might imagine.
Read MoreShould book reviews be detailed or concise?
The long and short of book review lengths, or why I decided to start writing thumbnail sketch book reviews instead of full length ones.
Read More"Driving" should be driven out!
Management-speak, clichés and just plainly ridiculous terms that nobody uses in their normal everyday lives should have no place in our writing.
Read MoreReview of Grammarly -- and a competition
Read about a great proofreading tool, and maybe win a year's subscription!
Read More7 characteristics of good writers
What do good writers have that bad writers don't?
Read MoreThe perils of writing software manuals
Writers of software manuals face a rather unfortunate occupational hazard...
Read MoreA self-referential autobiography
I know that autobiographies are, by definition, self-referential, but Stan Lee's one is actually written in a self-referential way.
Read More8 useful books for writers
I've either read, or am in the process of reading, several books to do with writing or self-publishing. Here's a list of 8 that I have found useful.
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