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Thoughts for the week – a little jewel on writing too
Writing Authors will likely stumble upon the phrase ‘unpacking a sentence’. I did recently. Writing can be arduous. A lot of thought goes into a story. It’s easy to grow careless and write a sentence that ‘tells’ the reader something …
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Tagged a better future, Jonathan K Benton, young adult
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Love – is it science, sex (just to spice up the title) or something else?
I watched About Time on Valentine’s day. Rachel McAdam’s is the Queen of romantic comedy. It’s not as good as Love Actually, although I liked the time travel thing. The movie got me thinking. It’s logical to assume love is …
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Tagged A Wicked Kind Of Dark, Jonathan K Benton
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Lessons Learned – if I could impart one piece of advice to first-time authors this would be it.
I am a perfectionist, in terms of my writing. Most authors probably are. This doesn’t mean we think our writing is perfect. It means we’ll never be content with the finished product. I’m constantly looking for ways to improve the …
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Tagged A Wicked Kind Of Dark, dark fantasy, Jonathan K Benton, young adult
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Arthur Benton is in da house – and some post-baby philosophy!
He’s arrived, my second child, the once and future king. Arthur weighs 4.2 kilograms and is 56 centimetres tall. These impressive statistics suggest he won’t be called on to play the hobbit in twenty years if they remake the film. …
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