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Starting in the year I was born, Lake Superior State University has been compiling a list of words that should be banished from use. I feel there must be some…
Finish Sacrifice! Yep, that’s basically it for this year. I want to get Sacrifice into a suitable state for sending to agents and I want to do that by the…
A few posts ago I promised a comparison of the first series of True Blood and the first novel of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead until Dark. The UK…
It’s been just over a year since I started writing this blog so I thought it might be appropriate to do a little reflection. When I started my intentions were…
This Show, Don’t Tell post from Drunk Writer Talk is one of the clearest examples of what the ubiquitous writing advice ‘show, don’t tell’ actually means. The penultimate paragraph was…
This week I’ve been reading lots and may actually have had a breakthrough on the work-in-progress. Self-editing for Fiction Writers, Rennie Browne and Dave King. This was a really useful…
A couple of weeks ago I read a blog post by Joe Abercrombie asking if characters always have to change for the better and if happy endings are absolutely necessary.…
A few days ago, the Dictionary.com Word of the Day was lucubration. By way of illustration, this quote was included: A point of information for those with time on their…
I’ve been working on my novel today (applause, applause) and generated some new material. The scene I was writing is quite dramatic and it reminded me of something that’s been…
Haven’t posted here in a while. I’ve been away (lovely weekend in Portsmouth), been sick, and just been busy. Consequently I’m behind in my reviewing, but that doesn’t mean I…
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