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May 25, 2019
How To Make the Perfect Pavlova …
Over the last few months, I’ve been posting recipes out in my newsletters, and my readers love them! So I’m posting them here on my blog too. Hope you enjoy. Recipe based on Nadia Lim’s Blueberry and Lemon Curd Pavlova In the 1920s, the celebrated prima ballerina, Anna Pavlova, star of the Imperial Russian Ballet, […]
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May 20, 2019
How to Make Spicy Carrot Soup …
Don’t you hate it when you discover limp carrots at the bottom of your fridge? Well, here’s the perfect way to use them up! This is a really healthy soup, keeping you warm and toasty in the cold months when you’re trying to write. Spicy Carrot Soup 3 carrots, peeled 1/2 cauliflower, cut into florets […]
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How to Make Spicy Carrot Soup
Don’t you hate it when you discover carrots at the bottom of your fridge? Well, here’s the perfect way to use them up! This is a really healthy soup, keeping you warm and toasty in the cold months when you’re trying to write. Spicy Carrot Soup 3 carrots, peeled 1/2 cauliflower, cut into florets Onion, […]
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May 19, 2019
Facial Recognition: Fact or Fiction?
In 2014, I imagined a future. Turns out – I was right.
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March 27, 2019
Diversity Matters: Why It’s Important to Write Diverse Characters
Ten days ago, during Friday prayers, a man entered the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch and began shooting. There are two mosques in Christchurch, so after a time he drove across town and did it all again. By the time he’d finished, 50 worshippers were dead, and 50 were injured. The first I knew about […]
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February 14, 2019
New Year’s Update – Change is the Only Constant
It’s a new year, and changes are afoot. As there is quite a bit happening in my writing calendar this year, I thought easier to share as a one-off blog post rather than little pieces on social media. Homelife My youngest son is leaving home
January 7, 2019
What can I read on holiday? Here’s some great books for all ages.
Three Great Holiday Reads Are you looking for a great book to read on holiday? Well, I’ve just been on holiday! Lucky me
October 29, 2018
How to Write Amazing Urban Fantasy
Amazing Urban Fantasy What is urban fantasy? Urban fantasy stories are tales of magic, but unlike other fantasy sub-genres, like Epic Fantasy (think Lord of the Rings) or High Fantasy (like Game of Thrones), they’re set in the real world. Urban fantasy stories are HUGE on TV, film, and books. They’re the oldest kind of […]
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September 24, 2018
Can You Ever Have Too Many Books?
Can You Ever Have Too Many Books? Readers sometimes email me, apologising. “I’ve got too many books,” they say – like that is a bad thing! One woman told me (in guilty tones) that she has over 50,000 books on her kindle library, and that her husband thinks this is crazy. I don’t think it’s […]
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September 21, 2018
5 Ways to Find An Idea for a Story
How to Find An Idea for A Story “Where do you find your ideas?” readers ask me. Here’s the most popular methods for finding a story idea (in order of popularity): 1. Steal from other writers All writers throughout history have done this. I bet Homer borrowed Odysseus’ tribulations from an earlier work. Shakespeare certainly […]
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