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Uphill struggle… the key word is ‘up’

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

I wasn’t particularly happy this morning. I woke up and looked at the letter confirming my MRI appointment for today, just to remind myself that yes, it was for 10.30am. Except that it wasn’t. It was for 9.20. In an … Continue reading →

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Self promotion shouldn’t be a chore…

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Last night I went round to my parents’ house. It was great. I got dinner cooked for me. Fabulous. Some face-to-face human contact with people I wasn’t buying things from - spiffing! It was a lovely evening. My father was home (he’s … Continue reading →

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Cultural Differences – #FridayFlash

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Kira picked her way along the trail, reveling in the sensation of bare earth and leaf mould between her toes. She wished she could run, really run, but David was right behind her and she didn’t want to worry him … Continue reading →

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Readercon, here I come!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

The man from the motorbike shop came and looked at my bike. The amount he told me was a couple of hundred lower than what they said the other day on the phone, because of the damage caused when someone … Continue reading →

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Musings of a blog writer… What exactly are we trying to achieve?

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

I wrote a whole blog post about writing dialogue yesterday. Today I reread it and it bored me, so I deleted it. Which leaves me with a blank spot on my computer screen where I need to have five hundred … Continue reading →

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A competition for the fantasy writers…

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

One of my Twitter friends, Ryan Lawler, put me onto this last night and I realised I needed to tell everyone about it. It’s a fantasy short story competition with a deadline that’s reasonably far away (10th September 2011) and … Continue reading →

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Inspiration through conversation: why you should get excited about your books

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

I just finished writing an enormously long email to my critique partner. We ‘met’ on Twitter about six weeks ago and she has gone from being one of a number of people I chat to online to my best friend … Continue reading →

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Criticism without brutality – the importance of critique partners

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

I have waxed lyrical a few times about my critique partner but now I’m going to devote an entire post to her and her noble race. I may also reference a few other people, as necessary, because I’m like that.* … Continue reading →

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The Stylish Blogger Award!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

Check it out! I won an award!! Thank you very much to Cleveland Dietz II. You should check out his blog because a/he gave me this award which means he’s lovely and completely insane and b/it made me laugh. So, … Continue reading →

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The awkwardness of real life

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

I’ve been laid up for eight weeks now. That means that for eight weeks I have had what many writers (in fact probably all the ones with full time jobs and families) would consider ‘the perfect writing situation’. I can’t … Continue reading →

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