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Reading and it’s effect on Writing.

Going from the title, you might be fooled into thinking that I am going to regale you with a scholarly essay. You're in luck though...there's a reason that I hated English A Level... Actually, I just finished reading "Lies Sleeping" by Ben Aaronovitch. It was one of my christmas presents and all the way through… Continue reading Reading and it’s effect on Writing.

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A Rare Occurrence has happened & Other News…

... I've got a flash story published an an anthology! It's a rare occurrence because, while I cut my writing teeth  on short stories and anthologies, I have problems writing in forms any shorter than a thousand words now;  for this particular anthology the word limit was 250! The process also created a short story… Continue reading A Rare Occurrence has happened & Other News…

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Continuing Personal Development…

A while back I was feeling pretty unsuccessful.  I don't sell a lot of books and for some reason I equate the number of books that I do sell with my personal sense of achievement. That hasn't changed... I have. Since we moved to this town, I've been feeling very low and trying to write… Continue reading Continuing Personal Development…