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Along The Write Lines: Catch Up

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Monday, 6 April 2015. The writing journey is a little bit like climbing Mount Everest (or. Chomolungma, if you prefer). There's preparation and perhaps some form of sponsorship, training on smaller climbs, and then you're ready for the off. Except that nothing prepares you for something quite like doing. Against the odds (statistically, I mean) I secured a two-book deal with Joffe Books. Standpoint. My Bri...

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Along The Write Lines: October 2014

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Friday, 31 October 2014. The Magic of Writing. Porsha having a spell in a cauldron. If you can get beyond Trick or Treating, the same schlocky horror films being trotted out on TV and the sight of Christmas already being on sale, this is a special time of year. The Celts called this time Samhain. Often pronounced Sow-een or Sow-en, although there are other interpretations). Or the swarm drone of social med...

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Along The Write Lines: The Yoga of Writing

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Thursday, 12 March 2015. The Yoga of Writing. Go with the flow? It's arguably a huge leap of faith to start that first sentence and then progress to the end. And that's before the baying hounds of commercial reality and the critics come a-calling. There is also a deeper, dare I say it, spiritual side to writing. Later, at home with a hot chocolate and biscuits (what better reward for a yogic workout? Writi...

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Along The Write Lines: December 2014

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Wednesday, 31 December 2014. Should old attainments be forgot. It’s traditional at this time to reflect on the previous 12 months and then to make a list of well meant but seemingly unachievable goals (that are neither SMART. In order to improve one's circumstances in the coming year. And who am I to stand in the way of tradition? There was another even more interesting. Although NaNoWriMo was a great oppo...

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Along The Write Lines: November 2014

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Friday, 28 November 2014. Top ten excuses for not paying up. One of the benefits of a conventional employer / employee relationship - apart from the free pens - is the certainty of a regular salary. However, when you step off that. Merry-go-round and join the freelance dodgems, all manner of hurdles can get in the way. 10 I've had a lot of outgoings this month (paying other writers, maybe? And the number o...

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Along The Write Lines: April 2015

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Saturday, 25 April 2015. Making waves and creating a splash. Like a box of chocolates. I'm acutely aware of all those people whose generosity and kindness have helped Standpoint's success, and those who aren't here to see it. It's all a learning curve and here are some of the things I've learned so far. 1 You can only write your own book, your way. I've had editors in the past and I've edited other people'...

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Along The Write Lines: Partial eclipse of the heart

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Friday, 20 March 2015. Partial eclipse of the heart. The important thing about today's partial eclipse (let's face it - an almost. Total eclipse, percentage-wise) is that it doesn't happen very often. Anne and I headed to a little-used beach on the north coast and breathed in the sea salt, up on the headland. 21 March 2015 at 01:59. Really lovely and inspiring thoughts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Along The Write Lines: January 2015

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Thursday, 29 January 2015. And now for some good news. I'd planned to post something about anthologies, but that will have to wait. Why? I'll tell you because a lot has been happening. No, I haven't finished the first draft of The Caretaker. Yet However.drum roll. I signed a contract recently with Joffe Books. For my two Brit thrillers, Standpoint. And Line of Sight. Feedback you can actually work with.

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Along The Write Lines: In the Long Run

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Monday, 20 April 2015. In the Long Run. Who truly knows where the path leads? However, working relationships are not something you can ever afford. To take for granted - pun intended. Situations change, editors move on and all businesses are subject, to a greater or lesser degree, to market forces. As a wise project manager once told me: always have a Plan B. What if I could increase the rate? Don't rest o...

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Along The Write Lines: September 2014

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Along The Write Lines. Writing, freelancing and creativity. Contents may have moved during transit. Sunday, 28 September 2014. Write then - the fundamentals. A post or two ago, I invited blog visitors to ask questions. It was a pretty open invitation and I was expecting questions about freelancing, money, the muse, balancing creativity and business, and a host of other tar pits that working writers (and whether you're being paid or not, you're working) have to contend with. Although I have always written...