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Month: September 2013

  • Reading

What’s the book you turn to?

Do you have a particular book that you turn to when you’re feeling lost or confused? Something that you’ve read or dipped into dozens…
23 September 2013
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Generalities are the enemy of good writing

That was quite a general statement, so let me explain. Good writing involves seeing something in a fresh way, and that means…
16 September 2013
  • The writing process

Interview with a writer (and his cat): James Higgerson

Check out this short interview I recorded the other day with James Higgerson, Manchester-based author of The Almost Lizard. In the interview, James…
12 September 2013
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Rutherford Park by Elizabeth Cooke

Do you ever get the feeling that you’re not the target audience for a particular book? The cover of this one set…
9 September 2013
  • The writing process

The ten rules of writing fiction

There’s an old Guardian article I’ve used a few times when giving talks on the craft of writing. It was called The…
2 September 2013

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  • Andrew Blackman on The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov: “Thanks Emma! Glad you liked this one. Our reading seems to overlap quite a bit!” Oct 27, 12:20
  • Andrew Blackman on Borges Marathon, Part 17: The Garden of Forking Paths: “Although I generally don’t like assuming what figures from the past would have thought about today’s technologies, I think you’re…” Oct 27, 12:19
  • Asterion on Borges Marathon, Part 17: The Garden of Forking Paths: “Borges would’ve hated your use of a.i” Oct 26, 16:39
  • Emma @ Words And Peace on The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov: “Great review! I have enjoyed it as well, and also The Master and Margarita, though as you said the satire…” Oct 24, 21:28
  • Andrew Blackman on The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov: “Oh, I do know how it goes – I’ve got loads of those “one of these days” books and authors…” Oct 22, 20:53

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