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How Twitter changed my life
A decade ago I was in a Scottish Highland cottage writing my first novel. I didn’t get out much. My internet connection was a dial-up modem that sounded like a wheezy Dr Who creation. Submitting work...
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Festival of Writing 2012
Last September I went to my first Festival of Writing, held at York and organised by the Writers’ Workshop. It seemed as if half the publishing and writing world was there for two and a half days of...
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A Writer’s Christmas List
1. A lie-in 2. Breakfast sherry 3. A magic pencil pot full of sharp 2Bs 4. Mince pies 5. Old book smell to be wafted over your desk at pre-set intervals 6. A better memory for names 7. A stack...
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Elizabeth Jane Howard: Getting It Right
Elizabeth Jane Howard died yesterday, aged ninety. She’s had obituaries in many papers, including The Telegraph and Guardian. Her most famous novels, the Cazalet chronicles, have been talked about all...
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