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NaNoWriMo and Productivity

Today is the start of NaNoWriMo. If you don’t know NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you write fifty thousand words over the month of November. It’s not quite a full novel but it … Continue reading

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Writing lessons from Alan Moore and Alfred Hitchcock.

A short time ago I watched a long long interview with the Wizard of Northampton himself, the comics writer, Alan Moore. The interview covered a lot of ground but one point in particular stuck with me – have fun while … Continue reading

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Why I use a pseudonym

The short answer: read the book and it will be obvious. The slightly longer answer: I lack the cool ‘short first name, slightly longer but still short second name’ that looks good on a book cover, my surname is right … Continue reading

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Work of Art now available in paperback from Amazon and electronic formats from Smashwords

Amazon.com Paperback version Amazon.co.uk Paperback version (If it says it’s out of stock on the UK site that just means there will a delay while they print up some copies and send them to the warehouse but it might be … Continue reading

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Writing Work of Art

It started with a hangover. On the way home after visiting a friend for the weekend I found myself at Birmingham New Street station with some time to kill before my train was due to arrive suffering from the blistering … Continue reading

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First post!

Always a quandary of what to put in the first post of a blog – I’ll just say I’ll be using this blog to write about my writing, the process of writing and publishing, review things that interest and influence … Continue reading

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