Tag: Harry Friday Email

The comeliest daughter – walking the Talk IV

Today, I put on a pair of deerskin breeches, a red coat with tails, and a kepi, adorned with a fistful of white ostrich feathers.…

Harry 1 March 2024

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Walking the Talk – part three in a series

An odd topic this time: the author’s note. I’m currently writing a note for The House at the End of the World and realised that it’s a…

Harry 23 February 2024

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Walking the Talk – part two in a series

For Feedback Friday last week, we wanted to look at whether your characters are multi-dimensional. We asked: does your character have physical sensations? Memories? Characteristic…

Harry 16 February 2024

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Walking the Talk – the first in a series

As you know, I’m a writer – or I used to be. But a little while back, I had the idea of making the Writers…

Harry 9 February 2024

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The golden thread

Here’s a challenge that we all experience, a challenge that in some ways grows larger the more imaginative and effortless you are. The challenge is…

Harry 10 November 2023

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Your book: when is it finished?

With most projects, it’s clear when they’re done. A bike shed is built once there are walls, a roof, and a place to store bikes.…

Harry 5 May 2023

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You’re always a writer, friend

Last week’s email was a very positive one, and I’d like to sign off for Christmas now on an equally hopeful note. (In true literary…

Harry 16 December 2022

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The literary multiverse

Hi all – here’s today’s email from Harry. The literary multiverse A shorter email this week because pretty much every human in my life has been…

Esther 2 December 2022

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The hardest problem

Let’s just say that you’ve been writing for a while. You’re serious. You’ve taken a course or two. You’ve probably had at least one manuscript…

Harry 25 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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