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52 books in 52 weeks: Writing the Cozy Mystery

I set myself the goal of reading and reviewing 52 writing guides over the year. Here is book 5. Writing the Cozy Mystery by Nancy J Cohen is another short read,…

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52 books in 52 weeks: How to Write Fiction – a Guardian masterclass

I set myself the goal of reading and reviewing 52 writing guides over the year. Here is book 4. How to Write Fiction – a Guardian masterclass is similar to the 60-minute…

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52 books in 52 weeks: Writing Short Stories – a 60 minute masterclass

I set myself the goal of reading and reviewing 52 writing guides over the year. Here is book 3. Writing Short Stories – a 60 minute masterclass by Shelley Weiner took…

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January round-up

January has not been a great start to 2017 for me, work-wise. I’ve been lazy, unmotivated and easily distracted. I think the biggest problem was I didn’t set myself a…

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52 books in 52 weeks: Writing Crime Fiction – a 60 minute masterclass

I set myself the goal of reading and reviewing 52 writing guides over the year. Here is book 2. Writing Crime Fiction – a 60 minute masterclass by William Ryan…

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Ideas masterclass: January 2017

Okay, you asked for it, so here it is – the ideas masterclass for January. There are lots of places to find ideas and, this month, as with previous months,…

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52 books in 52 weeks: Feature Writing – a 60 minute masterclass

I set myself the goal of reading and reviewing 52 writing guides over the year … and then right in week one was struck down by lurgy. So the first in…

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New beginnings (*** list alert ***)

The news that yet another short story magazine has closed its doors to all but a privileged few has knocked me sideways somewhat this past week. It’s not a market…

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Thirty

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Nine

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Eight

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Seven

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Six

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Five

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Four

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Three

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-Two

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty-One

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Twenty

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Nineteen

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Eighteen

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Seventeen

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Sixteen

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Fifteen