For Writers - Geoff Palmer - Award-Winning Author

The world’s richest short story prize

The ticking clock on The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award shows that entries close in a little over five[…]

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“From my close observation of writers … they fall into two groups: those who bleed copiously and visibly at any[…]

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Back in 2010, a survey of book buying behaviour in the US returned the following figures: Author reputation 52% Personal[…]

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Just like fingerprints at a crime scene, your browser leaves its fingerprints on every website you visit …

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The longest word in the English language is a whisker under 190,000 letters long and would take over an hour[…]

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Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you[…]

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“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it. That is your[…]

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A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it. Don DeLillo

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In late December 2005, J K Rowling’s original website, jkrowling.com, contained the following message: Until very recently, JKRowling.com was a[…]

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Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing,[…]

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