Category Archives: Writing

Alana Woods on Editing: The Editors Secret

  This is an incredibly informative guest post from published author and professional editor Alana Woods.  She gives tips on how to successfully proof read your work.  This post is one in a series on being a professional editor.  Subscribe … Continue reading

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Beautiful Words…

  I came upon this post today and became mesmerised by the sheer joy of speaking these beautiful words out loud.  Join me and annunciate with pleasure! Which is your favourite?      Ailurophile: A cat-lover. Assemblage: A gathering. Becoming: … Continue reading

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For Beginners to Remember…

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you … Continue reading

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How To Write – The Power Of The Synonym

Writing is a craft and learning how to write is a matter of honing your skills and building your tool base.  As a writer, I have a natural tendency to use the same words, again and again (see!)  I am … Continue reading

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How to Blog – Helpful Resources for the Writer

How to blog successfully, how to write successfully and most importantly for writers, how to make a living successfully writing, are all questions we grapple with on a day to day basis. Understanding which knowledgeable and respected writers, editors and … Continue reading

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Writing – Those Hero’s that Keep Us Inspired

As a working mother of 2 young children I have lots of competition vying for my writing time.  It is always very late at night, in bed next to my ever suffering fiance, that I am tapping away on the … Continue reading

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Read These Seven Books and You’ll be a Better Writer

This is a great post by Donald Miller that was first published on his website here.  An interesting list of books – have you read or will you be reading any? ——————————————– I used to play golf but I wasn’t very … Continue reading

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What is a Literary Novel?

This is a fantastic guest post on the fabulous Jane Friedman’s ‘Being Human at Electric Speed‘ blog. The guest author, Dr. Sanjida O’Connell is a writer based in Bristol in the UK. She’s had four works of non-fiction and four novels … Continue reading

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