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    Vivienne Tuffnell

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: I’m joined in the Bingergread Cottage today by a dear friend with whom I share a lot. Welcome, Vivienne and make yourself at home. Don’t give Lily the cake, it’s chocolate and she doesn’t like it anyway. Help yourself to tea or coffee and let’s have a chat. Mmmmmm…

  • The pain of the Edit.

    Originally posted on Ellenbest24: First it makes me tremble, and that is just the word. Arranging the letters in such a way that Pain is spelled.  E, the letter of my first name, my handle my given chosen title. Painless and some would think comforting. But it takes it’s place firmly in the front of…

  • Ten words that keep me writing

    Originally posted on An author's Life: I love dinnertime with my boys. It’s about the only time of day the three of us communicate with each other. Last night’s dialogue was fairly typical as these conversations go. ‘How was school,’ I asked as we sat down to eat. ‘Fine,’ William replied. Joe nodded as…

  • A Bare Bum And A Poorly Puss.

    Originally posted on Just Life – Jennie Orbell: Hi I haven’t mentioned the chucks or Chea recently so I’ll bring you up to speed. Flight, my grey chuck, has gone into the moult of all moults and is throwing out feathers like confetti. Her beautifully feathered bum is now just a bum, with nondescript feathering…

  • Ohhh, it’s interesting at The Writer’s Room.

  • Can We Be Beautiful?

  • Can Crime Fiction Work Without A Law Enforcement Protagonist?

    Originally posted on Rebecca Bradley: Earlier this week I interviewed crime writer Janet O’Kane for the bite-sized interview pieces I am doing on my YouTube channel. The point of the bite-sized interviews are to only spend ten minutes (this one goes slightly over at eleven minutes) with any author and to discuss one specific topic.…

  • #Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part TWO

    #Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part TWO

    Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Cartoon from Toonpool.com The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011. Part 2 The best time to begin building your readership is while you’re still writing the manuscript. The very first thing you need to do…

  • Writing Requires Discipline

    Writing Requires Discipline

    Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work: I have taught writing for years and years and I’ve been a writer for twice that long.  I’m writing this blog post today for the writers out there who are thinking of “hanging it up”. If you have tried your hand at this writing gig and you don’t…

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  • Vivienne Tuffnell

    Vivienne Tuffnell

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: I’m joined in the Bingergread Cottage today by a dear friend with whom I share a lot. Welcome, Vivienne and make yourself at home. Don’t give Lily the cake, it’s chocolate and she doesn’t like it anyway. Help yourself to tea or coffee and let’s have a chat. Mmmmmm…

  • The pain of the Edit.

    Originally posted on Ellenbest24: First it makes me tremble, and that is just the word. Arranging the letters in such a way that Pain is spelled.  E, the letter of my first name, my handle my given chosen title. Painless and some would think comforting. But it takes it’s place firmly in the front of…

  • Ten words that keep me writing

    Originally posted on An author's Life: I love dinnertime with my boys. It’s about the only time of day the three of us communicate with each other. Last night’s dialogue was fairly typical as these conversations go. ‘How was school,’ I asked as we sat down to eat. ‘Fine,’ William replied. Joe nodded as…

  • A Bare Bum And A Poorly Puss.

    Originally posted on Just Life – Jennie Orbell: Hi I haven’t mentioned the chucks or Chea recently so I’ll bring you up to speed. Flight, my grey chuck, has gone into the moult of all moults and is throwing out feathers like confetti. Her beautifully feathered bum is now just a bum, with nondescript feathering…

  • Ohhh, it’s interesting at The Writer’s Room.

  • Can We Be Beautiful?

  • Can Crime Fiction Work Without A Law Enforcement Protagonist?

    Originally posted on Rebecca Bradley: Earlier this week I interviewed crime writer Janet O’Kane for the bite-sized interview pieces I am doing on my YouTube channel. The point of the bite-sized interviews are to only spend ten minutes (this one goes slightly over at eleven minutes) with any author and to discuss one specific topic.…

  • #Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part TWO

    #Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part TWO

    Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Cartoon from Toonpool.com The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011. Part 2 The best time to begin building your readership is while you’re still writing the manuscript. The very first thing you need to do…

  • Writing Requires Discipline

    Writing Requires Discipline

    Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work: I have taught writing for years and years and I’ve been a writer for twice that long.  I’m writing this blog post today for the writers out there who are thinking of “hanging it up”. If you have tried your hand at this writing gig and you don’t…

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