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Writing for Therapy

This is one of my favourite aspects of creative writing. With a single wave of the writing wand, writing for therapy could save the world billions in treatment costs. That’s a significant brag akin to John Lennon saying he’s more famous than Jesus—and the guy from Talking Heads saying he’s more famous than John Lennon—come… Continue reading Writing for Therapy

Rules For Using Clauses and Commas

Rules For Using Clauses and Commas   For many writers,  knowing when and how to use commas correctly is one of the most baffling processes to get their heads around. We’re going to look at common errors regarding punctuating your sentences correctly. Some people use the Oxford comma, some don’t—what are the rules? We’d be… Continue reading Rules For Using Clauses and Commas

The Commandments of Self-editing Part Three

  This is the third article in our three-part series about general writing errors and how to avoid them.  Follow the simple rules and guides in these three papers, and your writing will be drastically improved overnight. Avoid too much looking. People talk with their eyes—but new writers tend to go all out with this.… Continue reading The Commandments of Self-editing Part Three

BBE Blog 11th April 2021 Meet The Back Room Team

11th April 2021 The header photograph, showing our gorgeous Cumbrian scenery, comes courtesy of Sharon Brook and Jess Vincent. They are lucky enough to work at the beautiful Langdale Chase Hotel on the shore of Lake Windermere. This was the view from their office window one day last week.  Because I want to show off… Continue reading BBE Blog 11th April 2021 Meet The Back Room Team

Article How to Get Published

How to Get Published The first thing to know about getting published is that it’s an extremely competitive market. Thirty years ago there was a process. You wrote your book—edited—edited—edited—submitted to an agent—agent then submitted to a mainstream publisher— and, if you were one of the lucky 100,000, your book was deemed worthy and you… Continue reading Article How to Get Published