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Category: For Writers

The world’s richest short story prize: a warning

November 12, 2019 Geoff For Writers

“The large print giveth and the small print taketh away,” is a phrase that may well apply to what’s claimed[…]

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The world’s richest short story prize

November 3, 2019 Geoff For Writers

The ticking clock on The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award shows that entries close in a little over five[…]

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Quote: Isaac Asimov

November 3, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Quotes

“From my close observation of writers … they fall into two groups: those who bleed copiously and visibly at any[…]

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Why do people buy books?

October 10, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Publishing

Back in 2010, a survey of book buying behaviour in the US returned the following figures: Author reputation 52% Personal[…]

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Browsing with a Badger

October 7, 2019 Geoff For Writers

Just like fingerprints at a crime scene, your browser leaves its fingerprints on every website you visit …

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The 8 longest words in English

September 29, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Fun, Language

The longest word in the English language is a whisker under 190,000 letters long and would take over an hour[…]

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J K Rowling: On failure

September 14, 2019 Geoff For Writers

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you[…]

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Quote: Stephen Fry

September 8, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Personal Development

“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it. That is your[…]

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Quote: Don DeLillo

July 12, 2019 Geoff For Writers

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it. Don DeLillo

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J K Rowling’s Diary

July 12, 2019 Geoff For Writers

In late December 2005, J K Rowling’s original website, jkrowling.com, contained the following message: Until very recently, JKRowling.com was a[…]

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