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How NOT to write….again…

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This article lists the other four and a half things NOT to do as part of the writing process. So, the author has written an out-line, done a first draft, re-written it a couple of times and had a developmental edit … Continue reading

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How NOT to write…….

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…or ‘nine and a half things NOT to do as part of the writing process’. All writers have a process of writing unique to them. I suspect this depends on how someone’s imagination works, how organised she/he is and what … Continue reading

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The Sources of ‘The Village’

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Every work of literature owes something to that which precedes it. No writer can create a story which doesn’t somehow call upon other stories which they have read or absorbed and no reader, of age and experience, can read a story without … Continue reading

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Vote for your favourite title

The ‘Young adult’ book market is a competitive and congested one – a quick look on Amazon shows 889,261 titles in this category as of today. Of those, 7,865 are described as ‘ historical’ and, in turn, 704 as ‘Medieval’.  So my new book has … Continue reading

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Entitlement – the search for a title

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What makes a good book title? This is something I’ve been giving thought to, as the first book of the Al Andalus series moves towards publication.  So far it’s been called ‘On the Frontier’, the title I gave to the story I … Continue reading