Lester Dent was the real name of the author almost all of the Doc Savage novels. (They appeared under the[…]
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A brief anecdote (and more) from Neal Stephenson
It’s over a decade old (2004) but a Slashdot post by acclaimed sci-fi author Neal Stephenson (left) is worth repeating:[…]
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Fancy earning $200 a word?
A few weeks ago I mentioned Bath Spa University’s Novel in 25 Words competition, (sorry, entries are now closed), that[…]
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The neurobiology of writing
Writing with a tomato
The Pomodoro Technique is a method of time-management many writers find useful. It was developed by Francesco Cirillo in the[…]
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A novel in 25 words
There’s still time (just) to enter Bath Spa University’s Novel in 25 Words competition. Entries close on at 23.59 on[…]
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Fun & Just Plain Weird Book Covers
If you’re looking for bad book covers, there’s plenty of sites specialising in just that — try or Lousy Book[…]
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The state of the NZ book market
Last year, New Zealanders purchased 5.3 million printed books — not bad for a country of just 4.6 million people,[…]
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The stages of a reader
Another delightful cartoon from Grant Snider:
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“A little lesbian joke …”
The Bechdel test — sometimes called the Bechdel-Wallace test — began as “a little lesbian joke in an alternative feminist[…]
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