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  • The death of the novel is greatly exaggerated.

    Originally posted on Chris Hill, Author: I was reading an article recently by the  literary novelist Will Self in which he proclaimed, if not quite the death of the novel, the certainly the demise of literary fiction. You can read his full piece here. His central argument is that the serious literary novel has been…

  • Who Needs Football?

    I have been doing a lot of thinking this week (as opposed to what, you might be thinking) yes I know, but I think my brain has finally reached its tipping point. Since we began this journey into the weird and wonderful world of electronic publishing, my poor little brain has been tortured by an…

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  • Grande Finale

    Grande Finale

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: Families. Emotive word and subject. We have an expression in French “une famille réconstitué” and it means what it says. People split up, get together with others, children find themselves living with other kids … I’ve lived long enough in a Catholic country to count everyone as family. If…

  • Five Things We Should Know By Now…

      These are some of things I have been reliably informed, are essential if we want to make a success of our writing. In retrospect, there is possibly too much information out there and all of it supposedly the right way to write, that it can be downright confusing. And to think, all this time…

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  • Next Up: The Lord Of The Rings

    Next Up: The Lord Of The Rings

    Originally posted on 101 Books: If you don’t like The Lord of the Rings, you might hate my blog over the next couple of months because it’s about to get all Gollum up in here for a while. The Lord of the Rings Read-Along begins today! Orcs, hobbit feet, angry dwarves, beautiful, mysterious elves—that’s what…

  • Dear Mr. Scholl

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: I’m writing to let you know that your Athlete’s Foot treatment also works wonderfully on another but less well-known condition. I call it “Athlete’s Tit”. For larger ladies such as me, over whom gravity won some time ago, hot weather can produce the same symptoms as athlete’s foot but…

  • The Best Kept Editing Secret

    do you notice your own typo’s?

  • Eye Strain Reducing Editing for Writers – #amediting #amwriting

    some very good ideas here…

  • Eight Blogging Myths

    Originally posted on The Joy of Writing: Everybody has a different definition of success. To some, a large readership is what counts as success. Some use their blog as a money-making method and actually end up making some money, and that is the ultimate success; while others, like those with an intentionally low profile, feel…

  • Our Review for Reclaiming Souls by Arielle Caldwell

    Originally written for NaNoWriMo, which is enough in itself to warrant a medal. (I know, because I have tried it) Reclaiming Souls is the unusual story of Devalynn, a girl whose life was brutally ended. She finds herself in the afterlife, with a job as a Soul Collector.She quite likes the responsibility of her new…

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  • The death of the novel is greatly exaggerated.

    Originally posted on Chris Hill, Author: I was reading an article recently by the  literary novelist Will Self in which he proclaimed, if not quite the death of the novel, the certainly the demise of literary fiction. You can read his full piece here. His central argument is that the serious literary novel has been…

  • Who Needs Football?

    I have been doing a lot of thinking this week (as opposed to what, you might be thinking) yes I know, but I think my brain has finally reached its tipping point. Since we began this journey into the weird and wonderful world of electronic publishing, my poor little brain has been tortured by an…

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  • Grande Finale

    Grande Finale

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: Families. Emotive word and subject. We have an expression in French “une famille réconstitué” and it means what it says. People split up, get together with others, children find themselves living with other kids … I’ve lived long enough in a Catholic country to count everyone as family. If…

  • Five Things We Should Know By Now…

      These are some of things I have been reliably informed, are essential if we want to make a success of our writing. In retrospect, there is possibly too much information out there and all of it supposedly the right way to write, that it can be downright confusing. And to think, all this time…

    , , ,

  • Next Up: The Lord Of The Rings

    Next Up: The Lord Of The Rings

    Originally posted on 101 Books: If you don’t like The Lord of the Rings, you might hate my blog over the next couple of months because it’s about to get all Gollum up in here for a while. The Lord of the Rings Read-Along begins today! Orcs, hobbit feet, angry dwarves, beautiful, mysterious elves—that’s what…

  • Dear Mr. Scholl

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: I’m writing to let you know that your Athlete’s Foot treatment also works wonderfully on another but less well-known condition. I call it “Athlete’s Tit”. For larger ladies such as me, over whom gravity won some time ago, hot weather can produce the same symptoms as athlete’s foot but…

  • The Best Kept Editing Secret

    do you notice your own typo’s?

  • Eye Strain Reducing Editing for Writers – #amediting #amwriting

    some very good ideas here…

  • Eight Blogging Myths

    Originally posted on The Joy of Writing: Everybody has a different definition of success. To some, a large readership is what counts as success. Some use their blog as a money-making method and actually end up making some money, and that is the ultimate success; while others, like those with an intentionally low profile, feel…

  • Our Review for Reclaiming Souls by Arielle Caldwell

    Originally written for NaNoWriMo, which is enough in itself to warrant a medal. (I know, because I have tried it) Reclaiming Souls is the unusual story of Devalynn, a girl whose life was brutally ended. She finds herself in the afterlife, with a job as a Soul Collector.She quite likes the responsibility of her new…

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