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Blog posts for readers & writers

Why short story and flash fiction writing is a good idea

September 30, 2020 cheryl

Thrilled that my story Orchard Kingdom – a keen favourite of mine – was awarded first prize in the Ottery…

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Longlisted for HWA Dorothy Dunnett short story award!

September 17, 2020 cheryl

Last time I wrote about the value of writing groups and their huge contribution to any author serious about honing…

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Winning and the value of writing groups

September 7, 2020 cheryl

Over the past few weeks my local writing group, Dean Writers Circle, has become buried under a glorious load of…

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Post #PitMad

September 6, 2020 cheryl

Twitter is a great place for writers for all kinds of reasons. One of them is the quarterly pitch contests…

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Writing prompts …

August 19, 2020 cheryl

We held our monthly writing workshop by Zoom this morning given the weather is in no way conducive to being…

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Lessons from beta reading …

August 11, 2020 cheryl

I’ve been busy, not just on writing stuff but a lot of my busyness has been there. For myself, I’ve…

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Ten Ways to get to The End when writing a book

July 30, 2020 cheryl

This blog post by author Tony Batton is a must read for novel writers… we’ve all been there. And now…

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Turns out that writing the book was the easiest part!

July 24, 2020 cheryl

A friend on Twitter suggested the above heading when I muttered about the time it takes to send letters out…

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Neil Gaiman’s six rules of writing

July 13, 2020 cheryl

Have been watching his writing masterclass and have loads of notes, but wanted to share this – he says it…

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Having a very nice week…

July 11, 2020 cheryl

It’s like there’s a conspiracy to cheer me up. First, a lovely twitter friend in Aus sent me a ‘swag…

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