Why I finish books
Living with ebooks, as I have been since I bought my first iPad a few years back, has changed my reading. It’s also given me more ways of understanding ho...
Tag: writing
Hi-fidelity reading
The paperback book I am reading right now is The Big Sleep and Other Novels, by Raymond Chandler. It’s a lovely Penguin Classics imprint, thick and light...
Working fast and slow
Maria Popova blogged about a book called Reading Like a Writer – by the aptly named Francine Prose – that looks at the importance of reading for wri...
Scrivener was created out of authorly procrastination
Scrivener is the tool I wish I’d used to write Me and My Web Shadow, and it is almost certainly the tool I’ll use to write my next book (it’s ...
For authors: Managing your reputation online: links & resources
I’m writing an article for the Writers & Artists Yearbook about how to manage online reputation. I’ve compiled some of the links I think are use...
Glinner vs. Doctorow: Notes from The Story – Pt 1
* * Update: Audio for this talk is now available free at Storythings * * Image: by Paolabililty ©2011 (as Cory Tweeted: “t his pic PERFECTLY captures what...
Writing, running, pain and finding the perfect space
Writing is hell. That’s why writers spend so much time trying to find ways to make it slightly less helliish. For instance, I gained a new impossible drea...
Normal service will return in the Autumn
OK, I’ve been a bad blogger. It’s been an odd month or so, and may stay odd for some time. It’s been hard enough blogging more or less holding...
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