According to Dean Wesley Smith, the 80,000 word (or longer) novel was an invention of Big Publishing. A typical novel[…]
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A couple of my books have been selected by American author Mike Wells as part of his Mysteries & Thrillers[…]
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Harry Potter and the End of Chapter 3
Earlier this week, J K Rowling posted this on Twitter: Quite coincidentally, a couple of days earlier I’d just started[…]
Read moreThe danger of a single story
A fascinating TED talk from Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie … [spacer height=”20px”] Some of her books: […]
Read moreHypnotist hypnotises himself
Book review Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter by Scott Adams (My rating: click here.) The[…]
Read moreFamous Razors
Razors aren’t just for shaving. In philosophy, a razor is a rule of thumb that allows for the elimination (the[…]
Read moreThe stages of a reader
Another delightful cartoon from Grant Snider:
Read more“A little lesbian joke …”
The Bechdel test — sometimes called the Bechdel-Wallace test — began as “a little lesbian joke in an alternative feminist[…]
Read moreAdvice from J K Rowling
When J K Rowling spotted a Twitter comment from @beauty_jackson that read: “HEY! YOU! You’re working on something and you’re[…]
Read moreContext is everything! Cats and dogs in the Bible
I spotted this quote in a magazine this week … “The dog is mentioned in the Bible 18 times —[…]
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