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T he Big Five-O, my sixth novel, was written in record time. Seven months from start to inish. I can still hardly believe it. Ea ...

when it certainly wasn’t!) I’d developed a strategy one of my students coined ‘Mind the Gap’. Every time I get stuck I just writ ...

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writing competition for 11- year olds. We had a letter not long after, saying her story had been selected for an anthology. Incl ...

T he secret to selling articles to magazines is to focus on subjects that really excite you – the sort of things you’re desperat ...

TAKE THE STEP Lesson 1 Newspapers are a good source of ideas. Whenever a topic is in the news, there’s a good chance a more spec ...

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I was at the bar when a bustling movement sounded behind me, and the staff stared; and I turned and stared, for I saw in the doo ...

I n previous articles, I’ve talked about where to sell short stories online, but did you realise you can sell stories twice, or ...

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ONLY CONNECT Christopher Lloyd explains to Anita Loughrey the inspiration behind his children’s non-iction books and What on Ear ...

months later (and various pencils and rubbers consumed) the blueprints for the Big History Wallbook were born! My latest book, H ...

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