Author: james_admin

Why Book Covers Matter

I’ve recently posted a couple of blogs about what goes into making a good book cover. It’s an obvious area of interest for any writer (especially if they’ll have to…
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What Makes A Good Book Cover?

Being married to an artist is great. Sometimes she’ll drag you to a Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit, and other times she’ll make you watch the Next Great Artist reality programme.…
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Writing Lessons from Da Vinci

Having been to the National Gallery’s Da Vinci exhibit, one of the things that struck me is the number of works he left unfinished. St Jerome in the Wilderness. The…
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Cryo’s Dune: Unlikely Inspirations

I think nearly every writer can point to a single book, film, comic or somesuch and say “that’s why I’m a writer”. It might not be the only cause, but…
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Writing Lessons from Writing A Novel

There’s no greater writing teacher than writing itself. An ironic statement for a blog post about writing lessons, isn’t it? But I’ve learnt a lot from the novels I’ve written,…
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