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Getting Out of Survival Mode

For the last few months, It’s safe to say I’ve been operating in survival mode. First we had the summer holidays, then I found out I would be having an operation – and then I ended up having said operation as emergency surgery. Two weeks on, I’m feeling much better Read more…

Are You A Timid Writer?

At the moment, I’m reading On Writing by Stephen King.   It turns out Mr King has an irrational (or perhaps entirely rational) hatred of the passive tense. And adverbs. For those who don’t know, verbs are either active or passive. When a verb is active, the subject of a sentence Read more…