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How to Get a Break as a Writer

Here is a book on the sticky subject of actually making a living as a writer. Hard hitting, tough talking, this book is frighteningly frank but also crammed with brilliant ideas, out of the box thinking and what boils down to over 100,000 words of common sense.

If I were to have written this book, it is exactly what I would have [...]

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Another big hurrah for DIY publishers

Is this the end of traditional publishing? Seth Godin has gone digital. Joanna Penn explains in her 3 minute [...]

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Why Authenticity is Important for Writers – guest post from Julia McCutchen

Three ways to reawaken the conscious creative you know you were born to be. Julia McCutchen shares her [...]

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Found your authentic voice yet?

Writing from the heart may make you want to wear dark glasses at the keyboard, but using your authentic voice is [...]

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Write something new today

It’s January, traditionally the month we pledge to do new things. Writers should never tire of trying new styles and methods and so here, to spur you on, are 11 ideas for you, as seen in my January column at The Hague Online, where I am writer in [...]

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Chopra Center course makes creatives calm

I can hardly believe that just one week ago I was chanting Om in unison with 150 others at the Chopra Center’s Wisdom of Healing workshop in Oxford, England. Click here to read the related article I published on The Hague Online (where I am their Writer in Residence). Pick up some tips that you [...]

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