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Category: Writing tips

Great opportunity for avid e-book readers!

January 22, 2021 cheryl Leave a comment

Likely I should have had a more detailed plan before now, but hey … we’ll get there! But what I’m…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing tips Filed under: e-books, newsletter, readers, story origin

Second person, present tense: 2 pros, 2 cons

January 6, 2021 cheryl Leave a comment

As a homework exercise for Dean Writers Circle, I suggested writing a piece in second person, present tense. Not something…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: second person

Easy steps to stronger sentences

November 28, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

Words of wisdom from Harry Bingham at Jericho Writers. If you haven’t signed up for their newsletter at least, or…

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Widening your book’s distribution

November 15, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

As someone not keen on technology, I’ve been putting off thinking about how to maximise the reach of my books,…

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Ease Draft One pain – sharing, and a tool to keep track

November 12, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

Last night we had a zoom meeting of our local novel group, a sub-group of Dean Writers Circle. Right now,…

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Two key points on the importance of structure

October 28, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

I was very lucky to have a conversation with Imogen Robertson, chair of the HWA, who kindly offered to give…

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Six key take-aways for successful blogging

October 9, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

I recently attended Jane Friedman’s webinar on blogging, to see how to do it better. Here are my six key…

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Why short story and flash fiction writing is a good idea..

September 30, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

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

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Winning and the value of writing groups

September 7, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

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

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Writing prompts …

August 19, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

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

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