So the EU referendum results in the UK have come in and 52% of the voting electorate have chosen to leave with 48% wanting to remain. I think I went through the 5 stages of grief over the course of the morning. At first I couldn’t believe it, then I got really angry, then I went […]
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I’m Batman!Being a writer is kind of like going through depression. You do get a lot of writers who appear very positive and bubbly, but even they will have days were all they want to do is shoot themselves in the head. More than any other profession in the world writers suffer from a lack […]
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How do writers become better writers? They seek feedback about their work before submitting it for publication or performance. For the last decade I have belonged to at least one writers group every year. Getting feedback on a work in progress is in my view, an essential part of being a good writer. An […]
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How do you avoid RSI as a writer? If you’re an idiot like me, you don’t. Since I got back from the London Book Fair I’ve been suffering from severe cramp and pains in my fingers and wrist. Dirty jokes aside (and there have been many from friends and family), I realised typing on a […]
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I’m a pretty decent guy. Valued too. At least that’s what the voices in my head tell me. Joking! I don’t really have voices in my head. They stopped talking to me a long time ago. Now I mostly get the weather channel or BBC Radio 4 if it’s sunny outside. Outside of my head, value […]
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