The Often Overlooked Value of a Second Hand Book…
People who look through the dirt encrusted window of a second hand bookshop and see nothing but a dark, musty cellar of a room, full of aging tombs nobody wants; you are deluded. Those who peep, […]
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A writer’s life of uncertainty
There is a lot of “advice” out there for aspiring writers; some of which is incredibly helpful, some not so much. Dispensing advice is always tricky, particularly when writers try to answer the one big […]
The Man Booker Prize 2012 so far…
Every year when the longlist of Booker nominees is announced, someone in the public eye will reiterate the familiar cry, which I’ll summarise, with the confidence that year by year, it will never change: ‘The Booker Prize represents […]
A Writing habit
According to Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” Thinking about writing habits, I am reminded of the age-old adage of “practice makes perfect,” and although […]