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And so, WFC
I figure I’d better write this now while I still have some memory of the events of the trip! First and foremost, I was a plague rat for most of my time in the UK, and the consensus from friends is that...
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Reading Beyond the Book
My very clever friend, Dr Donna Hancox, has an article here today about the changing nature of reader participation and the interactivity of books – which is another way of talking about digital books...
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Spectral Book of Horrors: Gary McMahon’s Dull Fire
The two main things you need to know about Mr Gary McMahon are that he is disgustingly prolific and disgustingly talented in the creeping-you-out department. Just read The Bones of You, Reaping the...
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Brian Hodge’s Cures for a Sickened World
Mr Brian Hodge is so often one of my ToC buddies nowadays that if I don’t see him in said ToC I get a bit nervous and assume he’s met with an unfortunate accident. I am therefore very pleased to find...
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The Writing Life: full-time or part-time?
So, a some weeks ago I sat in the audience at a writing salon (i.e. a few writers who’d already been to the pub beforehand then staggered to a bookstore and talked about writing) and listened to a...
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Over at The Writing Platform …
… I talk about online presence for writers in Online Presence: Pros, Perils and Possibilities. Thanks to Dr Donna Hancox for the opportunity to opine! I often hear newer writers (of varying ages) say...
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Over at the Place of Mark Barnes: On the Importance of Being Edited (and...
Author’s own mess. The lovely Mr Mark Barnes asked if I’d write a short blog post for him about how important editing is to your work at every stage. I wrote a lot. May contain ranting, but there is...
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Signed copies of Vigil in Brisneyland
Photo by Hachette peeps So today is the Official Vigil in stores day! As you can see by the celebrating Hachetteers to the left. I went in to visit with the lovely Pulpsters and what should arrive as I...
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How To Be A Writer
Art by Kathleen Jennings as always So I was supposed to be answering interview questions, but for some reason I wrote this. Everyone’s experience and advice will be different, but this is mine.[1]. A...
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What to Do When You Don’t Have a Book Coming Out
Or What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting Being a writer may well mean writing all the time (in which case, you’re fortunate), or writing in as much of the day or night as you can steal from the...
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