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Some books have such a strong sense of place that the setting almost becomes another character, and you couldn’t imagine the story being set anywhere else. This place can be...
Read articleAt work we’re introducing a new performance framework. The basis of this is a move to regular conversations between managers and individual team members. Within these conversations we want people...
Read articleI am in awe of writers who write historical novels, or other genres which need an enormous amount of research. All the novels I’ve written so far have required some...
Read articleThe title is a little misleading, but I couldn’t resist it. We moved house towards the end of last year and inherited three trees in the garden. One is a...
Read articleI’ve just come back from a visit to Sydney sandwiched with a short road trip along some of the coast north of the city. If you’re a regular visitor to...
Read articleFollowing on from the previous post about where writers get their ideas, here are a couple of pieces of inspiration that came to me from situations recently. In a work...
Read article‘Where do you get your ideas?’ This is a question writers are often asked. Some manage to think up amusing answers, but basically ideas come all the time. The thing...
Read articleChristmas and New Year seem to be the time of year we take stock of our lives, look at what we’re doing and ponder whether it’s what we actually want...
Read articleIt’s holiday season here. The schools are closed for the long summer holidays and most people have time off work from Christmas Eve through to early January, and many take...
Read articleOnce again, and far faster than I’d imagined it, here we are at the end of the year. As I write, we have another sixteen hours until we’ll all be...
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