Here is a quick round-up of this week’s most popular posts from the Writers’ Know-How website.
Read MoreA Writer's challenge: managing deadlines and projects
What a lovely problem to have: so much work that you need some assistance keeping track! In my forthcoming Journalist’s Toolkit course I’ll be looking at a range of options.
Read More10 note-taking apps for writers
How can you remember all those ideas you have or snippets of conversation you hear while out and about? These ten note-taking approaches should help.
Read MoreThe Journalist's Toolkit: From Inspiration to Publication
Does a writer need to have enjoyed a 100% success rate when querying editors in order to teach others how to query? Hopefully not!
Read MoreBook review: Query letters that worked
This is an interesting book whose title under-promises and over-delivers.
Read MoreWill literature as we know it exist in the future?
It’s all very well being able to write, but what about how we write, that is the tools we use? There is a fascinating exhibition coming in London in April 2019 that explores this.
Read MoreBook Review: How to make money as a freelance writer
Freelance writers’ earnings tend to be very low for most people. However, this book provides suggestions on how to make decent money in this field.
Read MoreLibraries: R.I.P.
The demise of public libraries is appalling. What can we do about it?
Read MoreFarewell to a brilliant writer
My personal tribute to the sports writer Hugh McIlvanney.
Read MoreLondon Book Fair News 2019-01-22
The seminars running at the London Book Fair 2019 are now published on the LBF website. I’ve identified a few great looking sessions, as always.
Read MoreBook bloggers, bookstagrammers and book tubers
Once again this year, the London Book Fair will run awards for book bloggers, bookstagrammers and book tubers. This article gives links to the brilliant people who won the awards in 2018.
Read MoreLondon Book Fair 2018: Freedom to write
There are many ways, in many countries, in which a writer can get into serious trouble. This article outlines some of them. Based on a talk and panel discussion at the London Book Fair 2018.
Read MoreBeing inspired by art
What’s a book of paintings got to do with the writing process?
Read MoreThe 2018 Educational Writers' Awards
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors and their books! There were some great-looking books on display. Here is some information about the winning entry, and a couple of the others.
Read MoreThe Poseidon Predicament
What Kafka’s Poseidon and I — and probably every other freelance — have in common.
Read MoreWhy swearing in writing or speaking is (usually) very ill-judged
Gratuitous swearing usually adds nothing to a piece of writing or a talk. It’s unpleasant to listen to, and probably has unfortunate consequences for the offender.
Read MoreAn interesting literary event
Late Lines is an event run by the City Lit adult education institute in London. Here’s a brief report of the most recent one, plus key dates for your literary calendar.
Read MoreFast writing tips: forget perfection...
Another quick tip for writers who want to get stuff done.
Read MoreProse, poetry and blues
How attending a prose and poetry evening caused me to make a few changes in my life.
Read MoreFast writing tips: Repeating yourself
Another fast writing tip: using a specific keyboard shortcut in Word.
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