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The Secrets of a Writer’s Success

June 9, 2020 Geoff For Writers

Some years ago, acclaimed author and former journalist Jim Crace published, with tongue firmly in cheek, a couple of pieces[…]

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Quote: Stephen King

June 6, 2020 Geoff For Readers, For Writers

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard[…]

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Quote: Jack London

March 30, 2020 Geoff Quotes

“Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will[…]

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Quote: Edgar Rice Burroughs

March 17, 2020 Geoff For Writers, Quotes

A wholesaler of pencil-sharpeners, Edgar Rice Burroughs knew nothing of writing when he penned his first story…

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Quote: Gustave Flaubert

March 9, 2020 Geoff Interesting ..., Quotes

Gustave Flaubert’s letters are considered one of the finest bodies of letters in French literature.

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Paraprosdokian

November 28, 2019 Geoff Fun

According to Groucho Marx, “Time flies like the wind, but fruit flies like bananas.” Marx was a master of paraprosdokian;[…]

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5 Quotes from Ian Rankin

February 23, 2018 Geoff For Writers

Ian Rankin is author of 21 Inspector Rebus novels along with 20 others. He’s also written plays, graphic novels, short[…]

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J K Rowling on rejection slips (and more!)

December 3, 2015 Geoff For Writers

A fascinating interview with J K Rowling (AKA Robert Galbraith) in The Guardian. J K Rowling on rejection slips: …[…]

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For aspiring writers …

November 27, 2015 Geoff For Writers, Fun, Quotes
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Show, don’t tell

November 12, 2015 Geoff For Writers, Quotes
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