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Said is a good word

Assuming that you convey enough emotion through description and action, said should be all you ever need. Assuming you even need it at all. Matt, Is “said” really so bad?

Ian Dunt on Brexit

Leave wasn’t an alternate economic or political model. It was a blank canvas which people could project their hopes, aspirations and frustrations onto. This was the only way you could get voters from the shires to vote with those from post-industrial towns in the north. It was a fantasy land of universal expectation.

Ian Dunt, Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now?: Everything You Need to Know about Britain's Divorce from Europe

Leave wasn’t an alternate economic or political model. It was a blank canvas which people could project their hopes, aspirations and frustrations onto. This was the only way you could get voters from the shires to vote with those from… Continue Reading →

Authors’ research blog

What I recon we all need is an authors’ research blog – somewhere that writers can post all the researching they do for writing so other writers can use it too. I say we should start one. Like and comment… Continue Reading →

Valentine’s day is bunk

Valentine’s day is a lot of bunk. Who decided that dating should become a national holiday? Not me, that is for sure. When romance becomes a duty – another date where we feel compelled to buys cards and gifts –… Continue Reading →

What Brexit means for authors

There is a danger that the end of free movement will create barriers for authors appearing at festivals in the EU, as well as European writers travelling to festivals in the UK. The Government must ensure that visa restrictions do not prevent European creators from entering the UK and British creators from travelling across Europe.

What does Brexit mean for authors? Society of Authors

There is a danger that the end of free movement will create barriers for authors appearing at festivals in the EU, as well as European writers travelling to festivals in the UK. The Government must ensure that visa restrictions do… Continue Reading →

Publishers should tell the bloggers

I have had a hard time getting publishers (especially the bigger ones) interested in advertising at me. I’m not sure if the larger publishers just don’t bother with press releases or if they look down on bloggers. Either way, their… Continue Reading →

Neil Gaiman on Mary Poppins

Neil Gaiman’s view (and introduction to a book about) Mary Poppins.

Reasons authors fail

This one is mostly self promotion if I am honest – it is a post I wrote for Author Buzz on reasons why I think some authors fail. What do you think are reasons some authors “fail”.

More authors should blog

It is my opinion that a lot more authors should have a blog. I also think that publishers should make press releases but that’s another story. When we started the experiment that is The Say Blog, I assumed I would… Continue Reading →

Brexit or Remain?

It is time for another your say – this time Brexit or remain, you tell us. Brexit or Remain? Do you think we will be “better off” outside the EU? If so can you tell us what the Benefits will… Continue Reading →

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