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Still Life With Teapot – A Good Read

posted on April 5, 2019

Thoroughly enjoying this read by Brigid Lowry. https://amzn.to/2I1J0YM It's written in a conversational tone and is part memoir but if you read it well, you'll gain stimulation and practical advice …

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Writing Priorities : Advice from Jennifer Blanchard

posted on February 4, 2019

How important is writing to you, really? Have you ever woken up in the morning determined to get some writing done? Or, promised yourself that you will write every day? And it doesnt happen? Your …

Category: WritingTag: how to write, productivity, writing habits, writing practice

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10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard

posted on April 1, 2017

Elmore Leonard: 10 Rules for Good Writing When you want to learn to write well you see what those who are recognised as great writers have done. Model the best. Elmore Leonard is an acknowledged …

Category: Miscellaneous, WritingTag: 10 rules of writing, elmore leonard, how to write

Finished Your 1st Draft? Next…

posted on January 4, 2014

There’s a great warm feeling that rushes through your veins when ‘finish’ your first draft. You type “The End”, print it out, get the satisfaction as you rap all the pages so they are all aligned and …

Category: WritingTag: how to write, motivation, motivation to write, writing

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Aussie writer Mel Day writes urban crime. Crime where a snarky, badass female sleuth manages to make up for inept policing and find justice where none was going to be found. Specialising in short stories, she's extending into novellas and novels.

Mel wasn't born clutching a pen in her fist but she certainly came to writing early. Most of her writing has been non-fiction until she emerged on the fiction scene in 2019.

Living on the gorgeous East Coast of Australia with her partner Mel manages to avoid getting in the sea yet revels in its majesty, power and joy.

When she hasn't got a laptop on her knee pounding out words, she's out volunteering getting way too involved in way too many things.
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  • Still Life With Teapot – A Good Read
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  • Writing Priorities : Advice from Jennifer Blanchard
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