Category: Coffee & cake

The Secret of Cool

Last weekend, I went to a friend’s birthday party. The friend’s husband works in the music industry, as band leader for a number of very…

Harry 17 February 2023

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Downton Revisited

Forty years ago, A British TV network produced a major TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. The show was named after and centred on…

Harry 10 February 2023

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Art and In- Tuition

I am an Intuitive artist and facilitate people to access their artist within. I work in the main with people who thought they could not…

Chrissie 7 February 2023

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Some basics

I see plenty of query letters over the course of a year, and (though they’re much more boring) a fair few synopses too. Lots of…

Harry 18 November 2022

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Post for self-assembly by the user

I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m a Man of Steel – I have a blood condition which means I accumulate iron. Fridge magnets stick…

Harry 14 November 2022

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Text and subtext

It seems like an age ago already – two or three British Prime Minsters back – but last week we talked about how even novels…

Harry 20 October 2022

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The Spy in Your Novel

In 1963, a thirty-year-old ‘diplomat’ – in fact, a junior-ranking member of the British secret services – wrote a book. The book was about spying…

Harry 14 October 2022

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How to survive a car crash

I’m going to talk, in a moment, about the worst-best experience of my writing life, and the lessons learned. First, a couple of words on…

Harry 7 October 2022

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Any stone-age buddies?

Hello there. Is anyone else writing historical fiction for 14+ age group. Does anyone else love reading Rosemary Sutcliff’s novels for this age group? I’m…

charlotte-clutterbuck 3 October 2022

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