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Writing diary

This sub-category of At the Quill collects all my occasional diary entries about my writing.

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April showers – a writing diary entry

4 August, 202029 April, 2020

April showers – of the tax declaration and coronavirus lockdown variety – are excuses for my faltering productivity, but I soldier on.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary

My 2020 Writing Goals – writing diary

8 August, 20205 February, 2020

My 2020 writing goals are much the same as every year – I have goals of aspiration and goals of achievement and already I think I’m doing well.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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i NaNoWriMo no no no – a writing diary entry

26 October, 202328 November, 2018

This year’s NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – is nearing its end. I didn’t join in this year – I haven’t for many years – but I see the attraction.

Categories At the Quill, Illustration, Writing diary
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Dreaming of self-publication and a pot of coffee

22 October, 20215 September, 2018

Self-publication dreaming and a pot of coffee on a Wednesday morning. This month’s writing diary is about the modern writer’s need of group support

Categories At the Quill, Indie publishing, Writing diary
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Productivity and a science-fiction serial – writing in June and July

6 November, 20218 August, 2018

A writing diary entry that dwells on productivity in June and July, my blogging and a science-fiction story that’s in the works.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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Words of slender means – a writing diary entry

19 August, 201811 July, 2018

Words of Slender Means is my writing diary entry this month and focuses on the soundscape in Murial Spark’s novel The Girls of Slender Means.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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Counting words, the GDPR and George North

22 August, 20186 June, 2018

Counting words is only one way to keep track of your writing. A writing diary entry that checks in on my current writing practice, praises the GDPR and knocks the hat off George North.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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SWF18: the 2018 Stockholm Writers’ Festival

18 August, 20229 May, 2018

SWF18 – a writing diary entry about my participation in the 2018 Stockholm Writers’ Festival back in April, together with a preamble about “all the trouble I’ve seen”.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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I’ll start afresh tomorrow – writing diary

19 August, 20189 March, 2018

In which I start afresh to keep a writing diary and report from Jessica Hovey’s creative writing course at Folkuniversitet that I attended recently in preparation for the Stockholm Writers’ Festival coming up in April.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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How to train your Dragon – writing diary

5 August, 202012 April, 2017

How I use Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software to translate and create written texts, with a recommendation for a smartphone dictation app called Dictate+Connect.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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Most popular posts published in 2023

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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover – a review (March)
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Character building with Lajos Egri (May)
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The Gothenburg disco fire – 20 years on (2018)
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Antiques and memories (2015)
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Vai: across the South Pacific – a review (2020)
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The short summer night – a translation (2020)
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