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My Say - Mary Garden

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 10:37pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

A new feature giving writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.  Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.  Read more

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15 April 2019 - What's new

April 2019
  • ‘I'm a great believer in turning up still. No forgiving yourself because you are tired. I try to get there before 10, not too early. On those magical writing days you forget you exist and you surface an hour later and you have 400 words you were not expecting to write.
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So what’s wrong with PDFs?

Thu, 18/04/2019 - 11:23am
An editor's take on using pdfs

 

So what's wrong with PDFs?  Read more

'It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word.'

— Zadie Smith

'Turning up'

18 April 2019

‘I'm a great believer in turning up still. No forgiving yourself because you are tired. I try to get there before 10, not too early. On those magical writing days you forget you exist and you surface an hour later and you have 400 words you were not expecting to write. But turning up is certainly the first condition. Work until lunchtime, listen to World at One, have a sandwich. Walk the dog.  Read more