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My latest article for Writer’s Wheel, the online magazine for writers, is entitled Course You Can and looks at how to make the most from a residential writing workshop. You …
Slow Journey County: Cumbria
Slow Journey Destination: Claife Heights
Slow Journey Distance Travelled: 0 Steps.
My immediate thought was of radioactivity. It was a series of unmistakable clicks. But where from? Standing on Claife Heights, overlooking Beatrix Potter’s favourite tarn (Moss Eccles), I was puzzled by this noise. The air was still, the tarn’s waters reflective, and a cold wintry sun sat low on the horizon, as if still trying to warm itself up, let alone anything else.
The Erewash Writers’ Short Story competition has just been launched for 2015, and they’ve kindly asked me to judge. Top prize is £100, and all profits from the competition go …
The Complete Article Writer has just been published and now brings my range of books written especially for writers to three.
After many months of work, I’m pleased to announce that the series of eight workshops I devised for the 2014 Writers’ Holiday at Fishguard has now been turned into book format: both print and eBook, and both are now available.
2015 has just got better for writers, with two of my books, dropping to 99p in eBook format (and the equivalent for foreign editions). That means both The Positively Productive Writer and Photography for Writers can be downloaded via Amazon, iTunes or Barnes and Noble for 99p (or their foreign equivalent).
It’s that time of year when people buy presents for their dog-loving friends and relatives, and what better present that my One Hundred Ways For A Dog To Train Its …
I’ve just caught up with the issues of The People’s Friend that contain the new monthly series of articles from Age UK. Whilst Age UK could supply the text, The …
Saturday’s Meet The Author event Wellington (Shropshire) Library was great fun. It’s always interesting chatting to potential readers (and past book buyers), many of whom are dog owners – although, looking at my table display that’s hardly surprising!
I, along with a bunch of far more talented writers, will be taking part in the Meet the Author event at Wellington (Shropshire) Library, this Saturday, 25th October, between 10am and 2pm, as part of the Wellington Literary Festival. It’s an opportunity to explore a wonderful bookish place (a library!) and meet real life authors, who are also selling their books. (Yes, you can buy books in the library, although if we know our books are on the shelves, we won’t mind if you borrow them instead).