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The cat-owning and fiction writing correlation
A discussion at Amazon on the ABNA contest forum, back when I was wondering if my novel would make its way in that competition, asked about how many authors have cats. This discussion (to date) runs...
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Saturday night fun: Watching other people buy books
Warning: very book geeky post ahead. But at the same time, don’t judge me until you’ve tried this yourself. Here’s the thing. I love The Book Depository. I first blogged about them a couple of years...
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Daydreaming about book covers
What will the cover of your book like when you get it published? For as long as I can remember now, I’ve had the understanding that whatever I might imagine the cover should be, it’s absolutely out of...
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Busy with Bookshop Tours and blogging courses
I’ve reached the end of NaNoSuMo without making much progress on my novel submitting plans. I’m not going to lie about it. I am going to make excuses, however. And at the same time as making these...
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January writing kick-start: Poetry to get beautiful words flowing
It’s all about synchronicity. Let me explain the chain of events: I gave the world a Christmas present then decided I should also give myself something. Yep, I’m greedy! It’s nearly the end of the...
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2011 month-by-month goals for Becoming A Fiction Writer
Happy 2011, everybody! As you’ll recall, I’ve decided to tackle 2011 a little differently in terms of my goals and ambitions on the fiction writing side. I’m going to set myself a particular task...
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What writers should know about storytelling, which I sometimes forget
While I’m really all about beautiful words and poetry this month, I couldn’t help but realise that a post from The Blood-Red Pencil (great blog title!) was screaming at me. The post is from half-way...
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Two fiction writing contests in a week
I’m really feeling like 2011 has got off to a great writing start. Is it the daily poetry that’s got my writing juices flowing? Is it the rush of a new year, new goals and new resolutions that hasn’t...
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Today’s for loving libraries (easy for me)
While many of you might know today as Valentine’s Day, my husband doesn’t usually recognise this event and luckily for him, I have also discovered that it is also Library Lovers’ Day here in...
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Tips on getting published from the Perth Writers Festival
As part of the glorious Perth Writers Festival (always the literary highlight of my year!), I was very lucky this year to be able to take part in a day-long workshop: the A-Z of Getting Published....
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