Planning that novel

We had a good week last week: a flood of good replies, both in relation to “What do you want from writing?” and in relation…

Harry 12 July 2024

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Nuisance emails from Margot & Ryan

Hello writers, we have TWO tasks in this week’s email. If you want to take part in this week’s Feedback Friday, keep reading to find…

Harry 5 July 2024

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A hard-to-read medieval hand

Righto. Now, last week, in Feedback Friday, we were looking at your mysteries – not detective novels, for the most part, just places in your…

Harry 28 June 2024

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Playing chess with pigeons 

We had a nice exercise on Feedback Friday last week – all about finding the romance between him and her, when one of the two…

Harry 21 June 2024

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A floaty green dress and sandals

We think romance is about him and her, right? That it’s Lizzie and Darcy dancing at a ball, emotions pushing at each other. Scarlett O’Hara…

Harry 14 June 2024

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Tin mugs and plenty of tea

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. And yes, the military significance of those landings looms a little larger in Anglo-American eyes…

Harry 7 June 2024

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National service! More frogs! Better porridge!

Oh glory of glories, it’s election time in the UK, a summer election whose most notable emblem so far is a Prime Minister getting fabulously…

Harry 31 May 2024

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The author with two brains

All authors need two brains. The first (the lovely one) is the writing brain. This gives you your purpose, your depth, your flow, your joy.…

Harry 24 May 2024

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The Elephant and the Technophobe

We’re talking (mostly) Tools this month – and Feedback Friday is going to hammer relentlessly at that topic, even when these emails decide to go…

Harry 17 May 2024

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Packing the bags

When I was a lad, and the sun shone hot, and water was bluer and the grass was greener, I used to do a fair…

Harry 10 May 2024

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