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The road not taken

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On the whole, I’m not someone who dwells too much on the past. I prefer to live in […]

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March 18, 2022 A dad's life

How to be a better writer: The power of stories

How to be a better writer
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In a world of keywords and search engine optimisation, never forget the importance of telling good stories. This […]

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November 15, 2019 How to be a better writer

The blogger who wasn’t really a blogger

2018 The Year of Me
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Today is National Writing Day. So please indulge me as I share a personal story with you. Let […]

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June 27, 2018 A dad's life

Sometimes passion is all you need to keep going

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There are some words in the English language whose true meaning has become diluted through over-use. Anything that is […]

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February 26, 2016 Other stuff

Am I a writer?

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It’s a question to which the answer has never been obvious to me. So let me start with […]

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September 20, 2014 Journal

The benefits of a blogging holiday

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Our holiday last week was a break from two of my three jobs: the ‘working’ one that pays […]

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August 25, 2014 Journal

Mightier than the sword

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Like his parents, ‘bookish’ is a good one-word summary of six-year-old Isaac. He loves both reading and writing. […]

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May 12, 2014 A dad's life

Be a better writer by being a better editor

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A slight departure for me, as I know many of my readers are fellow bloggers as well as […]

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October 18, 2013 Other stuff

Oh audience, where art thou?

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I’ve always been used to writing with an audience of only one in mind: myself. All of a […]

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September 25, 2013 Other stuff

A blogger’s (personal) guide to blogging

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If you read enough blogs for long enough, you’ll recognise that two of the most common topics people […]

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September 14, 2012 Journal

The crawler and the scrawler

Every now and then, I hear an excited shout from elsewhere in the house which causes me to […]

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November 15, 2010 A dad's life

What kind of writer am I?

I was chatting happily away to a friend of mine recently about my blogging hobby, and she asked […]

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November 2, 2010 Journal
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