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Show don't tell – it's true of life too!

Authors know this rule well: show, don’t tell. It’s an important rule, possibly the most important. Readers don’t appreciate being ...
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Love, crushes and getting over a broken heart – Jonathan K Benton

When I was at primary school I started to notice that girls were much prettier than boys. I even had ...
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Education – Jonathan K Benton

It seems logical that if a country with a population of 5.4 million circa can create a highly successful publicly ...
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Creating a Dark Lord – by Jonathan Benton

Throughout the book The Lord of the Rings, Sauron rarely (if ever, from memory) speaks a word. We don’t know what ...
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Fresh Thinking – A Wicked Kind of Dark – Jonathan K Benton

‘Toot Fraakyl’ is an ancient greeting used by Allaria, a beautiful (and she knows it) little fae that lights up ...
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Imbalance – by Jonathan Benton

A recent article in the paper highlighted yet another heart-breaking example of the imbalance that exists in this far from ...
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