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The Perfect Oxford Writing Retreat
Everything I know about staying in Oxford
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May 2024

How to Start a Novel
Have you got an IDEA for a book? Have you got NO IDEA how to start it?
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April 2024

A Booklist for Spring
Seven books coming soon that I want want want
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March 2024

A Wealth of Poetry Prompts
April is for writing poems and feeling feelings and drinking iced coffee
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On Comparison Titles
Insert your own "thief of joy" joke here
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Snippet Surgery
Hello everyone!
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February 2024

A Sweary Little Pep Talk
February's tough honey but so are you
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On Feedback
How to deliver sensitive criticism - to other people, and yourself
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How I Became A Writer Part 2
The messy middle section
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How to Befriend Your Inner Critic
Managing the voice in your head that tells you you're rubbish
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January 2024

On Antagonists
How to write a believable baddy
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How I Became A Writer Part 1
This is NOT a how to guide
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