12: Back on the blog

It’s been a week already? Mine has flashed by in a whirlwind of vomit and coughing. First, two poorly babies (of which one is pictured above) and then one poorly me. Thankfully, they're now fine and I recovered in time to relaunch my blogging career yesterday evening. You can read all about my plans and hopefully, if you haven’t already and you’re feeling generous, you might subscribe to the RSS feed. If you’re into writing, reading and the latest in publishing, you’ll be pleased as punch. If you also enjoy my brilliant wit and wry observations then you’ll be happier still. What? Oh, come on now shush.

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Here’s a lovely story from Shawn Blanc about how his legally blind grandpa has found an unexpected use for his new iPad.

You may not be surprised to find that most authors make less than £600 a year from writing. I wasn’t.

Speaking of writers not making much money, coaching is one way to do it and this course looks pretty handy, if you’re interested.

In this piece, lunatic author Kevin Baker decides to go to a book group who are discussing his novel. He doesn’t tell them who he is.

Joanna Walsh created the hashtag #readwomen2014 on Twitter to encourage people to read more female authors this year. Here’s what happened.

Finally, Joanne Harris of Chocolat fame posted 10 short and sweet tips for writers. Number 10 is correct. I’ve been saying so for years.