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A classic novel from 1942, general thoughts, and a writing tip
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Let the writing tips begin!
I’ve spent decades as a writer, and as a teacher and professor of writing.
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August 2024

Book Launches
An early lesson for writers is that your book’s publication day is only lodged as important in your own mind.
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July 2024

Gay Writing is Spiritual Writing
Thoughts on reading E.M. Forster
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The Art of Pitching
and how not to practise it
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On Art
Thoughts on writing after encountering paintings
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June 2024

Writing into Silence
Thoughts on reading Japanese Buddhist monk and recluse, Kamo-no-Chomei
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May 2024

Writing, and living, without strictures
When I first arrived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, back in 1994, James got together a group of friends for a party.
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Writing: a Sickness or the Cure?
The short story writer V.S.
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April 2024

A great Tasmanian writer, and lethal aircraft in California
A few posts in and I’m reframing my substack.
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The birth of a book, from trembling concept to out in the world
James Thornton's "Nature, my Teacher"
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On editing and being edited
Reading the Times Literary Supplement this morning, I recalled the copy open on the desk of my brother-in-law Peter Thornton. And the London Review of…
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