• benwesterham (59)in #author • 2 hours ago

  That Thing Called Marketing

  When you first set out to write your own stories all the focus is on doing precisely that, writing, and quite frankly that’s what I am sure all us authors would like to be spending all our time doing.

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 21 days ago

  Re-writes, Heaven or Hell?

  Re-writes and edits are an essential part of putting together a new story, but we authors don’t all do things the same when it comes to this part of the process. In fact, compared to some, I might seem

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• benwesterham (59)in #wednesdaywalk • 22 days ago

  A Wonderful World of Trees

  I'm a bit of a tree fan and have planted quite a few in our garden. It ought to be no surprise, therefore, that I'm always keen on visiting an arboretum and, having spent most of this year telling my wife

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• benwesterham (59)in #teamuk • 28 days ago

  Getting Paid to Read. Seriously?

  When I’m not writing, I spend a fair amount of my time reading, both fiction and non-fiction. In fact, I’d like to spend more time reading, but, you know, day-to-day life keeps getting in the way. Reading

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• benwesterham (59)in #wednesdaywalk • 29 days ago

  The Fair is in Town

  I think we all like a fair, don’t we? I know I do. All those fabulous rides, the screams and laughter, the food, the drinks, and the happy smiles on the faces of children and adults alike. Well, it just

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• benwesterham (59)in #reading • last month

  A Favourite Place to Read

  I have, for some time now, had a well established writing routine, which sees me show up at the same place and time each day. But I recently shifted some furniture around in our living room and soon realised

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• benwesterham (59)in #wednesdaywalk • last month

  Say Hello to Stratford-upon-Avon

  For my Wednesday afternoon wandering this week I paid a visit to the home town of William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, which is in the English Midlands. Although I only live about a forty-five minutes

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• benwesterham (59)in #creator • 2 months ago

  The Disruptive Creator

  From time to time I like to take one of those personality type tests. It can be amusing as well as informative to see the results. I did one of these a while back and had forgotten about it until I stumbled

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 2 months ago

  I am Not Alone

  Us creative types, especially those of us who spend most of our time working alone, can become a bit self-obsessed at times. Or maybe I should have said, completely self-obsessed. When this happens I have

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 2 months ago

  A Man of Many Hats

  When I first started writing stories it seemed all there was to do was, well, to write stories. But time and experience has shown that is not quite true and that I do, in fact, have to be a man who wears

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 3 months ago

  How do you deal with interruptions?

  I’ve been really good about staying disciplined and writing for about 2.5 hours every morning since I went full-time with my writing last autumn. But there is a persistent problem that’s been bugging me,

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• benwesterham (59)in #books • 3 months ago

  Shock! Horror! Someone Scribbled in a Book I Bought

  Yes, it’s true, I had the desperately unsettling experience the other day of opening a book I had bought second-hand from a well-known on-line market-place only to find a previous owner had scribbled notes

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• benwesterham (59)in #books • 3 months ago

  Do You Forget What Books You’ve Read?

  Do you ever have that realisation that you can’t remember what books you’ve read? I did and it started bothering me. So I decided to do something about it. Image It seems to me that, given the amount of

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 4 months ago

  BloggingTastic

  I noticed the other day that I have now written and posted nearly 26,000 words to my blog. That’s a fair few words and certainly enough for a novella. It also takes time to put all those posts together,

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• benwesterham (59)in #fiction • 4 months ago

  Who Knew

  Thought I’d share a new fifty word short with you this week, Who Knew. Makes a change from my usual wanderings. Image She knew my shoe size, my dentist and my banker. She knew my favourite foods and my

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 4 months ago

  Uh Oh! I Made a Mistake

  Writing is a wonderful experience when things are going well and the words pour from your fingertips like water over a fall, but what about those times when you realise you’ve got it wrong? Image The great

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 4 months ago

  What’s Worse than Writer’s Block?

  I sometimes see discussions about writer’s block and I wonder what they’re going on about because it’s not something that ever seems to afflict me. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other things that

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 5 months ago

  More Isn’t Necessarily Better

  I noticed the other day that there are longer, special edition releases of the Lord of the Rings films doing the rounds and that got me to thinking. It’s quite often the case with successful films, especially

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• benwesterham (59)in #writing • 5 months ago

  It’s Good to be Messy (Sometimes)

  I couldn’t believe my luck. I was reading a post the other day that said something wonderful. Something that put a smile on my face for the rest of the evening. Image I am, by nature, a perfectionist.

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• benwesterham (59)in #fiction • 5 months ago

  Do You Like the Sound of My Voice?

  OK, so an unusual post this week. I’m looking for your help. You’re probably thinking something along the lines of “Hey, Ben’s an author and he’s asking me for help. Must involve encouraging people to

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