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So you want to write a book? We can help. Writing is not a magical process. You don’t need to sit waiting for inspiration, while desperation rises. No need to buy good luck charms, or wait for [...]

On a BBC programme I heard a week or two ago,  Lennie Goodings, a book editor with the Virago Press, presented the story of Max Perkins, a pioneer in creative editing, who saw his job not simply [...]

… Then now’s the time to do something about writing it. You’ve been wanting to start for months, perhaps years. Perhaps you’ve written the first few pages of it. Sometimes you daydream about the [...]