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Read MoreWhat I've been reading: The Content Code
You publish stuff, but how do you get it noticed? This book helps to provide some answers.
Read MoreWriting on a netbook
Can writers benefit from using technology that is old, and without much functionality?
Read MoreBrexit and authors
How will Brexit affect UK authors?
Read More5 minute tip: get more from your battery
If you use a device like a phone, laptop or netbook, here's a handy tip to help you enjoy more writing time between battery charges.
Read MoreDecisions, decisions. What to read?
I am not sure what to read next, so I've decided to fall back on a motto I've just coined: "When in doubt, leave nothing out"! What are you reading this summer?
Read MoreWhat I'm reading: Write Tight
Thumbnail sketch of a very useful book I came across recently. If you want to tighten up your prose, this is the book for you.
Read MoreThe Australian Copyright Proposals
News about a disturbing proposal regarding the copyrigh terms of Australian book editions -- and what we can do about it.
Read MoreWhat I've been reading: Killing Hope
OK, so this is a review of a fiction book -- but I think we can learn a lot about great use of language, convincing research and pace from reading it.
Read MoreImmersive 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 MoreWhat I've been reading: Something nasty in the slush pile
How should you pitch a publisher with your book proposal? Or, to look at this another way, how should you not do so? This book answers that question.
Read MoreWhat I've been reading: Borges
It goes without saying that in order to write well you have to read well. This slim volume of Borges' essays is perfect for the creative non-fiction writer.
Read More3 minute inspiration: empty benches
Vacant park benches and the like can be very evocative, and a source of inspiration for the writer.
Read More5 minute tip: Using a spell-checker
Spellcheckers are useful, even essential. But don't rely on them exclusively.
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 MoreThe joy of monochrome
Not everything in life is black and white -- but perhaps more of it should be.
Read MoreMonochrome pictures and the writer: a heads-up
Can taking monochrome photographs enhance a writer's creativity?
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!
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