For Writers - Geoff Palmer - Award-Winning Author

A Small Mystery: Solved

Why did Penguin Random House go after a 20 year old, out-of-print novel? I think I’ve figured it out!

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Rights aren’t something many writers give much thought to. In the rush of elation of at a publisher’s interest, they’re[…]

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Earlier this week, J K Rowling posted this on Twitter: Quite coincidentally, a couple of days earlier I’d just started[…]

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I have a writing exercise for you. I’d like you to produce a short story using the premise “The 102-year[…]

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Author Chuck Palahniuk (pronounced paula-nick) – author of Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Choke – says he’s close to[…]

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A friend is currently going through this miserable process, so I thought I’d help out … 😉

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A fascinating TED talk from Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie … Some of her books: You’ll find another TED talk from[…]

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Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative[…]

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Following on from my surprise finding that New Zealand’s 2018 online census website is infested with third-party spies, I decided[…]

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March 6 is census night here in New Zealand, and this morning Radio NZ reported that 1.7 million people have[…]

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