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Amelia
Apr 12, 20227 min read
The Internet Is Stupid
The Internet is stupid. No, really, I understand that the Internet is an incredible invention, capable of sharing mind-boggling amounts...
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Amelia
Mar 22, 20225 min read
Sleep Is For The Week
There's a stereotype of the weary writer, struggling to meet a deadline, hunched over a typewriter - or, these days, a screen - working...
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Amelia Crowley
Feb 22, 20227 min read
The Fault In Our Stars
Generally speaking you’re given five stars, sometimes helpfully coloured in shades from red to green. You’re supposed to rank your...
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Amelia
Feb 8, 20225 min read
Wee, sleeket, timorous blog-post
As the inimitable Eddie Izzard once said “The best laid plans of mice often go wrong.” Yes she was making fun of Burns when she said...
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Amelia
Jan 26, 20228 min read
Smut!
My youngest child is like Sherlock Holmes. No, bear with me: I'm not bragging, and this isn't some hilarious observation about children...
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Amelia
Jan 18, 202210 min read
Escape plans
I need to go on holiday so I can get some work done. I know: it's not the most original statement in the world, but honestly, between...
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Amelia Crowley
Jan 4, 20224 min read
Call It Superstition
We're taking the decorations down tomorrow. Not because we're superstitious, we're not: just because tomorrow is when you're supposed to...
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Amelia
Dec 21, 20211 min read
A present, for the present
I'm not going to spend forever babbling into the void, today. I just wanted to wish everyone a happy whatever: whether your celebrations...
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Amelia Crowley
Dec 14, 20215 min read
A Christmas Tale (to avoid like the plague)
I’m going to take a break from wittering about writing to talk about something else for a while. Or at least I’m still going to talk...
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Amelia
Dec 7, 20214 min read
You have to have a schedule
I’m taking a break from working on my current book — The Wolf-finder General, coming eventually to an online store near you! — to write a...
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Amelia
Nov 30, 20215 min read
I love it when a plan comes together
Last week, while I was wittering on about writer's block, I suggested having a plan to work from, and to refer to if you get stuck. I...
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Amelia
Nov 24, 20215 min read
Writer's Blog
I had a blog post written yesterday, but it didn't really say what I wanted it to, so I threw it away. Then I wrote a new post centred on...
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Amelia
Nov 16, 20212 min read
No Sick Leave
I do my best writing when I'm ill. Ok, that probably isn't true, but it feels that way. The thing is, when I'm not ill, when I'm really...
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Amelia Crowley
Nov 9, 20215 min read
Give Tea A Chance
I drink a lot of coffee. I drink a lot more coffee than I used to do, nowadays, because my writing is more or less coffee-powered. I...
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Amelia Crowley
Nov 2, 20214 min read
Insert Relevant Quote Here
I had to fight myself not to title this post “What’s In A Name.” It’s the obvious title, after all: I want to talk about names and why...
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Amelia Crowley
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Scary But Not Too Scary
Human beings love being scared. Ok, not all human beings. I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who would happily go through...
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Amelia Crowley
Oct 19, 20213 min read
The Pit Of Doom (AKA Research)
I am a research addict. I really am, especially when I’m supposed to be writing. Given even the slightest provocation I will cast aside...
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Amelia Crowley
Sep 22, 20211 min read
I'm on the radio!
You can hear my far from mellifluous voice on Wizzi Magnussen's "The business of..." on Thursday the twenty-third of September at one pm...
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Amelia Crowley
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Imposter Syndrome
I don’t have imposter syndrome. What I have is afraid I’m about to be pushed out of the airlock for being The Imposter syndrome. I think...
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Amelia Crowley
Aug 28, 20212 min read
Maps
At the start of the Discworld novel Sourcery, Sir Terry Pratchett observed: "This book does not contain a map. Please feel free to draw...
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