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Recommended Resource: Interesting Literature.com & how to write an essay
This will be a more unusual ‘recommended resource’ today as it is inspired by a particular blog post read this morning. That said, singing the praises of the blog site called Interesting Literature has...
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Recommended Resource: Shannon A. Thompson – Editing services
Today I’m going to recommend something a little unusual – a rival to my own services! I don’t do this lightly – I enjoy the editing work I do and my clients know I provide a quality service. That said,...
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Book & Course Review: John Yeoman’s ‘Fear of Evil’
This is a most unusual review, one which will make it on to my ‘Recommended Resources’ page in the near future, but is difficult to define. I want to introduce you to a man, his course and his book –...
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Recommended Resources: J School and Escape the Content Mills
If you look at the sidebars to the right of this post you’ll see two links to writing courses. I don’t usually put links like this on my site but I will make an exception here because I’ve personally...
View ArticleNEW! Psychology for Writers course
I am delighted to announce my first formal course for writers – one based on twenty years of teaching and ten years as working freelance writer and editor. I am taking bookings to begin from July (you...
View ArticleBook Review: The Toolbox for Multilingual Families by Ute Limacher-Riebold &...
My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve been following Ute Limacher-Riebold for many years now, ever since my family and I found ourselves ‘in a strange land’ – in Bangladesh, many moons ago – trying to get a...
View ArticleA Brief Guide to Writing: 1 – Introduction
I felt it was about time to put down in writing the various things I’ve learned, or found helpful, about this game we call ‘being a writer’. I remember, when I first started to train as a writer, that...
View ArticleA Brief Guide to Writing: 2 – Why you shouldn’t be a writer
My brain is wired a little differently to most other brains of around my age. When thinking of writing a series to help and encourage writers, my first thought was ‘what can I say to really scare them...
View ArticleA Brief Guide to Writing: 3 – Thinking like a writer
In my previous article I did my best to put you off any fantasy of making a living from writing. If you’re still here, I take it you’ve engaged with that and you’re ready to find out what you can do as...
View ArticleA Brief Guide to Writing: 4 – Budgeting income as a writer
Well, so far in my journey to put you off writing, I’ve told you why you shouldn’t be a writer and then went on to tell you there’s no money in it. If you’re still here, well done. Clearly optimism in...
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