Tag Archives: writing advice
Locus Awards 2022
I’m both delighted and amused to see my little (profanity-ridden) Brain Jar Press writer chap as one of the finalists for the Locus Awards for Non-Fiction!
The shortlists are here.
What To Do When You Don’t Have A Book Coming Out …
… & Even More Sage Advice!
Yes, my second Writer Chap is out from Brain Jar Press. A companion volume for Your Are Not Your Writing & Other Sage Advice.
Filled with unsolicited (but generally useful) advice, anecdotes, occasional subtweets, comments about writers
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You Are Not Your Writing & Other Sage Advice
Oh, hello, my poor neglected blog!
Just popping in to share a lovely review from Reviewers of Oz of my Brain Jar Press chapbook You Are Not Your Writing & Other Sage Advice! This little book is
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Watch Your Backlist: Five Points on a Theme
Art by Kathleen Jennings
You’ve been writing for a while. Several years, in fact. You’ve even been publishing some (or a lot) of what you write.
All those stories are defunct, right? After they’ve appeared, and gone through the awards
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Writer Chaps!
The latest project from Brain Jar Press is the Writer Chaps series, which is now up for pre-order. Season One contains writing advice from myself, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Kaaron Warren, Alan Baxter and Sean Williams. (Do
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On the Ancient and Secret Art of Formatting – Redux
Art by Kathleen Jennings
I wrote this post back in 2010 – remember 2010? When we could travel and didn’t feel the urge to torch-and-pitchfork anyone who coughed near us? Remember airports? Remember complaining about them? Remember how bad
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Top Ten Tips for Curing Writer’s Block 2020 Redux
Art by Kathleen Jennings
We’ve all been there, had those moments when even cleaning the toilet seems better than writing. Some days the words are not interested in you at all and you reciprocate in kind. However, you’ve got
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How Long Does Stuff Take?
Art by Kathleen Jennings
And by “stuff” I mean a career as a writer.
To start off, remember this: it’s unlikely that the first thing you write – be it short story or novel or article – will be the
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What to Do When You Don’t Have a Book Coming Out
Or
What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting
Being a writer may well mean writing all the time (in which case, you’re fortunate), or writing in as much of the day or night as you can
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On the Importance of Being Edited
Art by Kathleen Jennings
Approximately 142 years ago, I wrote this as a guest post over at the web-place of Mr Mark Barnes. It appears here now as it’s wandered home, somewhat drunk, and can’t
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