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Left to right: Me, Carol Cooper, Jean Gill, Jane Davis, Karen Inglis, Clare Flynn, Lorna Fergusson in April 2024 No, I don’t mean retreating from your writing, but going on a writing retreat. A retreat implies withdrawing from the world. A writing retreat implies getting away from the everyday and being able to […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!May 5th, 2024 | Tags: authors, Hard graft, Insights, writing retreat, Writing skills | Category: Authors, Excursions, France, Insights, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing life | 2 comments Alison as a Roman (AI created) AI – artificial intelligence – seems to be with us. Will it be a horror show stripping us all of jobs, or will it be a useful tool, shortcutting a lot of donkey work and letting us get on with more important creative stuff? Let me be […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!January 15th, 2024 | Tags: AI creation, artificial intelligence, creative industries, writing life | Category: Getting published, Insights, Romans, Technology, Writing life | 2 comments Author photo, Château du Rivaud Sadly, there have been reports on social media and in the national press about a debut writer running a review campaign against her fellow writers. Using a number of accounts she created under different names, she’s been marking down all her perceived “competition” with 1-star negative reviews on […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!December 14th, 2023 | Tags: author ethics, authors, ethical behaviour, teamwork, writer cooperation | Category: ALLi, Authors, Getting published, Insights, Writing life | 8 comments If I had a euro/dollar/pound for every time a review for one of my books has begun with ‘I don’t normally read this type of book, but…’ or ‘I only read this because a friend said I must read it…‘ and ended with a 5-star super-enthusiastic review, I’d be able to drink champagne every […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!December 8th, 2023 | Tags: adventurous, book setting, book world, Books, Readers, reading books, setting | Category: Authors, Books, Genres, Insights, Readers, Setting | 2 comments 
After a well-deserved lie-in or even a day off, I gird up, send the draft to my Kindle and read it through without interruption (apart from comfort breaks, food and sleep). I jot down quick notes or chapter references and then motor on. This way, I get the flavour of the book and find […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 20th, 2023 | Tags: advice, editing, editing process, Hard graft, red pen, self-editing | Category: Getting published, Insights, Writing life, Writing skills | 10 comments |
   
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