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Write On- Editing At Starbucks. Oh dear….

Posted on February 1, 2015 by

My editing deadline was for the 31 of January. So it was time to head out to Starbucks, find a chair or table, and just hunker down.  I was down to editing the last chapter! With a week to spare … Continue reading →

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Write On- A writer’s slump

Posted on May 5, 2014 by

  It happens to everyone. It’s happening to me right now. I am in a slump. I have massive amounts of work to do, and just can’t do it. Why? We do have to be careful with the words we … Continue reading →

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Write on- But he’s not real!

Posted on March 9, 2014 by

I was at Jewish Book Week in London in a room with two fabulous writers. There was a large crowd and some very enthusiastic readers and fans.  The one speaker, struggled with a fan’s eager questions. Over and over again, the … Continue reading →

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Write -On – Researching in Person

Posted on March 4, 2014 by

The internet is a fabulous tool but nothing compares to viewing research documents in the flesh. I’m smack in the middle of a research project and although I could read some of the documents on-line, information was gleamed from handling … Continue reading →

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Write on- Clearing the books

Posted on July 22, 2013 by

    It’s summer and I have a hard time writing when the sun is out. I live in a climate where the sun doesn’t put on his hat too often. So on those days my mind wanders to other … Continue reading →

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Write On- What you read matters…

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

‘If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.’ Haruki Murakam         I love this quote.  I’ve always read widely and without any sense of purpose. … Continue reading →

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Write on- Reading Aloud

Posted on July 1, 2013 by

Reading aloud is such an intimate experience, especially when reading to some one else. Heads close together, breath held as an important scary passage is read aloud late at night. It is from reading aloud that we learn the small … Continue reading →

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