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The types of scenes your book needs
Books are loooooong and so many can be really boring. As an author that is your problem to solve, and it often means you need to engage...
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Dec 8, 20213 min read


How to Write About Yourself
Writing about yourself is an exercise in both honesty and storytelling. You are narrating your own life or experience, but you are also...
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Nov 22, 20212 min read


How to Write About Yourself
Writing about yourself is an exercise in both honesty and storytelling. You are narrating your own life or experience, but you are also...
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Nov 22, 20212 min read


Rainmakers, Initiation and Climate Change
If Einstein was right, and a problem cannot be solved using the mindset that created it, perhaps we should be discussing our climate...
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Nov 20, 20213 min read


Rainmakers, Initiation and Climate Change
If Einstein was right, and a problem cannot be solved using the mindset that created it, perhaps we should be discussing our climate...
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Nov 20, 20213 min read


How to Build a Book (hint... scene by scene)
Writing a non-fiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in.’ Rich Cohen ...
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Oct 27, 20214 min read


How to Build a Book (hint... scene by scene)
Writing a non-fiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in.’ Rich Cohen ...
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Oct 27, 20214 min read


The real work of writing
We write and write and write, and then someone asks the dreaded question… ‘so what is your book about?’ What happens? You stammer and...
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Oct 4, 20213 min read


The real work of writing
We write and write and write, and then someone asks the dreaded question… ‘so what is your book about?’ What happens? You stammer and...
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Oct 4, 20213 min read


Finding your book's golden thread
"We are all part of the old stories; whether we know the stories or not, the old stories know about us." Leslie Marmon Silko Below in...
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Sep 10, 20213 min read


Finding your book's golden thread
"We are all part of the old stories; whether we know the stories or not, the old stories know about us." Leslie Marmon Silko Below in...
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Sep 10, 20213 min read


My Greek Writing Adventure - Not Shirley Valentine but close!
As I faced the prospect of retrenchment a year ago, I spent some time with my friend Google, searching his pages for direction to my...
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Jun 21, 20219 min read


My Greek Writing Adventure - Not Shirley Valentine but close!
As I faced the prospect of retrenchment a year ago, I spent some time with my friend Google, searching his pages for direction to my...
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Jun 21, 20219 min read


A writing retreat on a lesbian island? It shouldn't happen to a lawyer
Write your Book' the post read. 'Join us on a writing retreat on the beautiful Greek Island of Lesvos’. I had in fact written a book,...
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Jun 16, 20215 min read


A writing retreat on a lesbian island? It shouldn't happen to a lawyer
Write your Book' the post read. 'Join us on a writing retreat on the beautiful Greek Island of Lesvos’. I had in fact written a book,...
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Jun 16, 20215 min read


Ten lessons from self-publishing romance novels
Francine Beaton writes romance novels. We asked to help us out by sharing some of the lessons she has learned. As a self-publishing...
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Apr 19, 20215 min read


Ten lessons from self-publishing romance novels
Francine Beaton writes romance novels. We asked to help us out by sharing some of the lessons she has learned. As a self-publishing...
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Apr 19, 20214 min read


Books that shine a light
What books have been important to you in your life? Which books do you keep on your shelf, no matter how many times you move and box and...
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Mar 26, 20213 min read


Books that shine a light
What books have been important to you in your life? Which books do you keep on your shelf, no matter how many times you move and box and...
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Mar 26, 20213 min read


What publishers are looking for in 2022
People are devouring books in lockdown and stories that capture imaginations are rising. We did a talk recently on what books are being...
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Feb 21, 20214 min read
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