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A lovely It Gets Better video from those good people at Hachette Books in the US. From CEO David Young:

Today is St Andrew’s Day. He is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, Russia, Sicily, and Romania. Andrew was one

Take a word that seems current to you: fox, or chase, or November, or ash, or drink, or because, or

The rose that is in the garden is red. The rose, which is in the garden, is red. Do you

Among the many angles in the coverage of last week’s US election, the story that fascinated me the most was

It was great to be in Boulder this last week. I caught up with many dear folk, including various former

Okay, okay, that was rather a cranky post I made yesterday about the start/onslaught of NaNoWriMo. So in an effort

It’s NaNoWriMo time! Gimme an N! Gimme an A! Gimme a paragraph that’s a unit of thought! I really admire

Tis the witching season. * Write a story or a poem about a ghost. * Include some trove that you

A lot of noise this week (quite rightly in my view) on how Amazon controls your Kindle content, and can

Though it in fact feels focused more on planning and outlining, there are some useful tips and resources in a

We can come up with brilliant ideas, storylines, and characters, but they’re unlikely to be much use unless we can