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How to Be an International Writer
As a new writer, getting published was a lifelong dream. I suppose it’s the same for most writers starting out in their writing career....
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Finding Our Roots
‘I can see those are doing better than the last ones. Must be the weather helping them.’ ‘Yeah, must be.’ My aunt Bridget smiled back at...
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Quotes on Writing & Life
“A poem is like a score for the human voice.” by Li-Young Lee A great speech is literature. by Peggy Noonan Celebrate Your Writing If...
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Hedgebrook - All About Women Authoring Change
Watch and listen to some of the most inspiring words about Hedgebrook and its commitment to women writers around the globe.
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A Journey of a Lifetime
So I got the email that set me off on a beautiful journey. An email that started with "Congratulations...". A journey that I'm still on a...
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BOOK REVIEW: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN FICTION by Derek Wright
The book Contemporary African Fiction posed many challenges for me. The first being the awkwardness of reviewing a book written as a...
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The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma: a Review
The Fishermen starts off really good albeit slow. Obioma’s style is that of a master of literary fiction and employs allegory to a large...
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Some of my Favourite Sentences in Fiction Books
Have you ever whilst reading a book had to go back over lines and sentences just to relish the words over and over again? I do that...
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Book Characters That Outright Angered Me. Part 1
Have you ever read a book that outright made you feel things, you know those feelings that swallow you up and you feel the need to...