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Editing an underrated pleasure.Hands up if you like editing? It s not a very popular aspect of the writing process but it s a necessary one and something you become better at it w...

How fast do you write?There is a belief amongst some authors that writers should take time to pore over their work and keep editing it until it s word perfect. I ve seen some auth...

The First Million Words When I first started to write, someone told me that a new writer has to write something like a million words of rubbish before they produce anything of value...

Language, unique, foul and joyous.Language, unique, foul and joyous. Writing outside your identity can be fraught with peril for an author. I write male characters. I like them but t...

The Roman Painted House in DoverDuring the holiday I dragged Bill, my long-suffering husband, to the Roman Painted House in Dover.I d been there as a child but my memories were r...

I want to outline 10 strategies that will help you with your learning journey to achieve fluency in a desired foreign language. These 10 learning hacks can be applied to learning any ...

In A Study in Scarlet Conan Doyle presents a prima facie case of cold-blooded murder. As the investigations progress, it becomes uncertain that Holmes is dealing with unjustif...

A power is another word for indices (what we looked at briefly during the BIDMAS section). Powers frequently pop up in mathematics, and to recognise them, it is usually a small number...

AQA English language Paper 2 Question 2: the SUMMARY question (not to be confused with Question 4 which is more tricky)(extract : Ben Fogle and the power of the sea)Question: You n...

The Science of LearningIn the last few decades, extensive research has been conducted to understand how the human brain works, and how we learn. I use these findings and embedded them...