Browsing All posts tagged under »being a writer«

How to Write a Query Letter: Again, and Again, and Again

May 22, 2014 by

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I’m writing query letters again. Because it’s been pointed out to me that in order to sell this book I probably have to tell people about the book. Which is fair. This ought to be easy. I’ve already written a query letter template. Surely I just write a little personalisation sentence to tweak it for […]

We Need This Word in English

May 14, 2014 by

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Hands Up if This Feels Familiar

May 6, 2014 by

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I Don’t Have Your Number But I’d Like To

April 10, 2014 by

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I have a question. If you were on a sports team (any kind of sport you like — hockey, cricket, ping-pong…) and you had to wear a number, what number would you choose? And why? Rick: Thirty-three. And then while they’re frustrated wondering where the point three recurring is, I can score. Me: So you’re […]

I Am Funny, Damn It

April 8, 2014 by

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Fragmented. That One Looks Familiar.

April 1, 2014 by

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Outside the Box

March 25, 2014 by

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Don’t Care. I’m a Bear.

March 18, 2014 by

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I leave this here without comment.  

How Classical Ballads Were Written*

March 14, 2014 by

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No tunes today. Today only this: * Not a joke. Pretty sure there’s a similar level of truthfulness at work here as there was in most of the traditional ballads written back in the day.  

Career Options

March 4, 2014 by

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I’m not sure if it’s all artists or simply all children that possess this sort of moral ambiguity but it’s certainly an option I considered when I was young.