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Write What Someone Knows by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 26 November 2019 by

First posted on the Milford blog inMarch 2017 “Bad books on writing tell you to “WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW”, a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.” … Continue reading →

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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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