- A simple productivity tip for writers: keep your writing app open 23 January 2013
- Picking the right idea for your novel 21 January 2013
- Poster, the perfect app for blogging from your iPhone or iPad 16 January 2013
- 7 splendid articles on using Goodreads as an author 8 January 2013
- What to do with your unfinished manuscript in 2013 1 January 2013
- Entry for the 2013 Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize is now open 26 November 2012
- How to write about controversial subjects 30 October 2012
- 3 text-expanding tools that will speed up your writing 25 October 2012
- Is traditional publishing worth the wait? 13 September 2012
- Some dos and don’ts for hosting your book launch 11 September 2012
- Listen to me on BBC Radio Sheffield 7 September 2012
- Sock-puppeting is as grim as it gets for authors 4 September 2012
- Writing and publishing is all about teamwork 16 August 2012
- I was supposed to be a professional footballer 31 July 2012
- First impressions on the internet 23 July 2012
- Information for RSS subscribers 21 July 2012
- Why I prefer editing to writing 19 July 2012
- Make sure all your writing is marvellous 12 July 2012
- The problem with link posts 10 July 2012
- Welcome to my new website 9 July 2012
- Pre-order A is for Angelica, my debut novel 28 May 2012
- An update on what the heck is going on 19 May 2012
- You do other things when you're not on the internet 1 May 2012
- Book marketing for beginners: say something 18 April 2012
- What are you trying to achieve with your novel? 20 March 2012
- A very special announcement 12 March 2012
- Why great writing takes great sacrifice 16 February 2012
- Be mindful about your writing 15 February 2012
- Thinking about blogging 10 February 2012
- Creation always trumps consumption 7 February 2012
- How to sync Scrivener with any text editor (and go mobile too) 23 January 2012
- iBooks Author changes a lot, but not everything 19 January 2012
- Blogging in 2012 4 January 2012
- Being social 22 December 2011
- Don’t just do it, do it properly 21 December 2011
- Don’t forget to buy books 8 December 2011
- Allow yourself to be bored 23 November 2011
- I want you to stop speed reading 22 November 2011
- Don’t be afraid of being afraid 2 November 2011
- Postgraduate writing courses: with love or money? 28 October 2011
- You're not a psychopath 24 October 2011
- All I want you to do is care 22 October 2011
- There is writing and there is Writing 18 October 2011
- Are creative writing courses are any good? 17 October 2011
- Things I know now that once I did not 13 October 2011
- It’s not the space age any more 4 October 2011
- Write good stuff and be nice to people 2 October 2011
- There are no shortcuts 30 September 2011
- How to write good hyperlinks 29 September 2011
- Goodbye sweet monsters 27 September 2011
- Why the Amazon Kindle might be the new iPod 12 September 2011
- Who wants to be right all the time? 9 September 2011
- If you’re writing, you’re writing 25 August 2011
- Creative little sausages 23 August 2011
- Bloggers need to do their bit 15 August 2011
- The present and future of publishing 14 August 2011
- Why all writers need to have a crack writing team 10 August 2011
- How to Kickstart your book project 5 August 2011
- Can you really write a book in seven weeks? 2 August 2011
- Are you pointing your writing passion in the right direction? 21 July 2011
- Fiction is fiction 19 July 2011
- Write well and with humility 19 July 2011
- First things first 17 July 2011
- To finish a novel is to fully know it 12 July 2011
- Write on screen, edit on paper 11 July 2011
- On book deals and money 5 July 2011
- Chunking and what to write right now 29 June 2011
- Advances, what with the way things are 28 June 2011
- Have social media, will publish 23 June 2011
- Slow publishing and keeping faith 22 June 2011
- Fear and hunger in Las Sheffield 21 June 2011
- Off-site backups for your work 17 June 2011
- Why you should enter writing competitions and submit your work to magazines 14 June 2011
- On blogging and writing advice 9 June 2011
- On being on submission 6 June 2011
- Dealing with heartbreaking critiques 3 June 2011
- Unbound to be the Kickstarter of publishing? 2 June 2011
- Bad reasons for not showing your writing 8 May 2011
- Take stock and think ahead when you get extra time to write 25 April 2011
- My interview for Singularity Magazine 19 April 2011
- A writer’s virtues: patience and persistence 19 April 2011
- Focus on your own bits and pieces 18 April 2011
- Accept your foibles and observe your writing patterns 12 April 2011
- Reading books on the iPad 12 April 2011
- Why does it have to be a competition? 8 April 2011
- Hell hath no fury like an author scorned 7 April 2011
- Does a writer have to have a blog? 5 April 2011
- Writing for a living 4 April 2011
- Writing with an iPad: six-month review 4 April 2011
- The Read & Trust newsletter 3 April 2011
- Stop lying about what you do 31 March 2011
- 10 decisions you can make about your writing right now 16 March 2011
- Are you a writer that commits and finishes? 7 March 2011
- All the small things 24 February 2011
- How to behave online and build your brand (yuck!) 7 February 2011
- How do you know what type of writer you are? 1 February 2011
- The heart, mind and murder test for writers 26 January 2011
- Unknown and unpublished: enjoy it while it lasts 17 January 2011
- The Mac App Store, iBookstore and the one-click wonder 10 January 2011
- 10 tricks to help you feel like a writer 16 December 2010
- Start searching if you want to find your writing voice 30 November 2010
- Whatever you do, don’t be a needy writer 17 November 2010
- The best writing comes from the head, not the heart 26 October 2010
- 10 typical questions from writers (that are really just fear in disguise) 12 October 2010
- Using smell to improve your fiction 6 October 2010
- 6 things you can stick in your ears to improve your writing 28 September 2010
- How many writers does it take to change a light bulb? 21 September 2010
- Forget your distress and focus on your writing 14 September 2010
- Open your writing mind with the morning papers 12 August 2010
- Critiquing etiquette: six ways to provide gracious feedback 5 August 2010
- Zen and the art of not writing 28 July 2010
- How I use a mind map to build stories 22 July 2010
- A beginner’s guide to writing for the web 14 July 2010
- A writer’s guide to feedback and writing groups 14 May 2010
- The key to selling your book is the cover letter 23 April 2010
- Copywriters: ghosts of their writing selves? 25 February 2010
- The five rules of getting a book deal 19 January 2010
- Why AudioBoo is a terrific tool for writers 8 January 2010
- Write for Your Life is one year old today! 21 December 2009
- Seven tips to help you become a better fact checker 14 December 2009
- This is how you get a literary agent or publisher 27 November 2009
- Ignore anyone who tells you to write, write, write! 5 October 2009
- The importance of story structure 22 September 2009
- An ATM for books 3 September 2009
- Find endless writing inspiration through Vimeo channels 18 August 2009
- Stand and deliver – five Ps for a perfectly acceptable performance 24 July 2009
- How CCTV can help improve your productivity 20 July 2009
- Five fantastic computer programs for writers 15 July 2009
- Why bloggers should perform their writing 1 July 2009
- Time management and prioritising your priorities 8 June 2009
- Tumblr as an online scrapbook for writers 21 May 2009
- How to find your perfect writing partner 28 April 2009
- How to write about your life (without upsetting friends and family) 31 March 2009
- Why you should always stay proud of your writing 12 March 2009
- Writing goals 2: Short-term targets, long-term goals 1 March 2009
- How Twitter can help you improve, market and publish your creative writing 22 February 2009
- What do you keep in your writer’s tool belt? 15 February 2009
- 10 turn-offs for restless writers and pen-shy procrastinators 25 January 2009
- Writing goals 1: Don’t expect the unexpected 18 January 2009
- Embrace your writing community, but don’t be scared to say ‘no’! 10 January 2009
- 10 things to write on in an emergency! 29 December 2008
- Writers, abandon your muses – they’re a work of fiction! 23 December 2008
- Welcome to Write for Your Life 21 December 2008
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