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Getcha luvverly ideas here! By Ben Jeapes

Posted on 21 August 2018 by

You know you’ve made it as an author when you’re asked the time-honoured question, “where do you get your ideas from?” There are various time-honoured responses, but Neil Gaiman in the link nails it. In our recent house move I … Continue reading →

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Where I’m at, by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 24 April 2018 by

Once upon a time there was a young man with the twin ambitions, not incompatible, of making it big in publishing and becoming a successful writer. How did he do? Well, the publishing happened, for a good few years. It … Continue reading →

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Let no one else’s work evade your eyes by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 6 February 2018 by

There are writers, would-be writers and wannabe writers. (There are also don’t-wannabe writers, which is fine and a perfectly valid lifestyle choice and they play no further part in this post.) Even though neither party has actually been published yet, … Continue reading →

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Robert Louis Stevenson by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 16 January 2018 by

I read a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by Claire Harman. Hmm. Interesting man, interesting life. It’s also interesting to compare the life of a writer then and now – the similarities and the differences. The similarities: you can work … Continue reading →

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Heroic Factasy by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 20 November 2017 by

I don’t read much heroic fantasy, for various reasons. A good one is that it all comes in such fat multi-volume series that I simply don’t have the time. But a deeper, slightly more sneaking one is that, well, it’s … Continue reading →

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