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You will never be finished

Written by seminaledits | January 14, 2022January 14, 2022
never be finished

You will never be finished… I wrote the final chapters of my fourth novel this weekend, an enterprise that’s been in the works for four or five months. This isn’t a long time by any means, but as those of you who write will be aware it’s a process that often seems like a Herculean […]

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Writing is an activity of the body, not the mind

Written by seminaledits | October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
writing is an activity of the body

Writing is an activity of the body, not the mind I was halfway through writing my first novel when the pandemic hit. March 2020, and suddenly I was told to go home from work and not come back. I was elated; it meant I had all the time I wanted to sit at home and […]

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Writing the other vs. writing others

Written by seminaledits | September 7, 2021September 7, 2021
writing the other

Writing the other vs. writing others A few weeks ago there was story in the news about a home chef who was attacked by a journalist and woman of colour for the crime of writing a book on Asian cuisine. The journalist in question (a feminist, no less) ripped into the author, incensed that a […]

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Keyboard dyslexia: real or imaginary?

Written by seminaledits | August 2, 2021August 2, 2021
keyboard dyslexia

Keyboard dyslexia: real or imaginary? I started writing three or four years ago. During that time, I’ve written four novels, two collections of short stories, a children’s trilogy, and much else – good and bad alike – in between. All told, I’ve written over a million words at this stage. And yet, I don’t know, […]

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Writer’s block and what to do about it

Written by seminaledits | June 9, 2021June 9, 2021
writer's block

Writing out the block I used to wonder how anyone could get writer’s block, and I never engaged with literature about the topic for fear I might, somehow, catch it — as though by association a psychological trip-switch would be set. And let’s face it, what else is the block but a mind-trap?  In my […]

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