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How to… name characters and interest people

Posted by Reed on May 16th, 2007

It would be nice if some authors really did have a good old think when naming their characters.
Here, by my foot, as I type, is a terribly thrilling thriller named Land of the Living, by Nicci French. I think it came free with a magazine - I do hope so, as I have absolutely no […]

How to… write in public

Posted by Reed on August 8th, 2006

I was stranded in a cafĂ© without a book earlier this week. I was considering expiring from boredom when I remembered the large black notebook and biro in my bag. So I duly fished them out and wrote (what? Oh, stuff, you know. I think it included a shopping list, possible names for assorted minor […]

A whole day.

Posted by Reed on June 21st, 2006

I had a day off work this week. One ought to make something worthwhile of such bonuses. I wanted to write an erudite and no doubt lengthy essay about terror, horror, anxiety, Dracula, Lovecraft, MR James, Stephen King and Dr Who with mine, but I am once more suffering from Writer’s Block [a form of […]

How to… procrastinate

Posted by Reed on April 11th, 2006

Actually, if you don’t mind, I’ll finish this one next week.

How to… write at work

Posted by Reed on April 4th, 2006

I have been less sprightly and in-the-pink of late than I would have wished. So I am now Officially Eating Healthily and, terrifyingly, Cutting Down on Coffee. Today’s caffeine intake amounts to one (1) cup of tea. Oh, and decaff filter stuff. But decaff not only does not count as coffee, it anti-counts, I swear. […]