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Women, Books and Cabbages
I love that in the UK, International Women's Day follows hot on the heels of World Book Day. The Wonder Girls is my offering for them...

J.M.
Mar 8, 20202 min read
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Update and A Story From The Archives
Today is the technical support's second birthday. His second birthday this week - the family are all home for a celebratory roast dinner,...

J.M.
Feb 9, 20207 min read
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Where Can You Get Your Ideas From?
As I was stalling for time (in bed) this morning, wondering what to share with you about my indie author journey, I read a post from...

J.M.
Feb 2, 20205 min read
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Does Patience Really Pay Off?
Every time I read of a SCBWI friend having snagged an agent or a publisher, I'm thrilled for them. I'm so happy to hear of writery...

J.M.
Jan 26, 20203 min read
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Hope in the New Decade
Christmas and general elections really upset my mojo and blogging routine but I have strategies for dealing with that, and for holding on...

J.M.
Jan 23, 20203 min read
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Outselling Walliams
The one pin prick of light in this alternate 1985 we woke up into last Friday is that The Wonder Girls is more relevant than ever. So I...

J.M.
Dec 18, 20192 min read
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NaNoWriMo 2019, The End . . .
I did it! I have a story! I'm thinking of it as The Wonder Girls 2 or TWG2 until a better title emerges, though '2' worked out fine for...

J.M.
Dec 1, 20192 min read
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NaNoWriMo 2019, The Middle . . .
When I was a child golf balls were like treasure. I didn't live near a golf course nor did my dad play golf though I think he'd have...

J.M.
Nov 24, 20192 min read
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NaNoWriMo 2019, The Beginning . . .
People who write novels are either pantsers, i.e. they do very little, if any, planning and write by the seat of their... or they're...

J.M.
Nov 11, 20193 min read
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Launching The Wonder Girls!
It's taken me a while to process what happened on Friday. The boulder of imposter syndrome that I resisted on the evening made me seize ...

J.M.
Nov 6, 20193 min read
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Why I Don't Like Writing
I've confessed that as a child I didn't like writing. But I have evidence that whatever I thought about it, I did do it, voluntarily. My...

J.M.
Oct 27, 20193 min read
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What I've Learned This Week . . .
Here are the week's revelations on the probably do's and probably don'ts of independently publishing a book for mostly younger readers ....

J.M.
Oct 21, 20193 min read
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Bristol Badge-making
Had a lovely weekend in Bristol, where I found two beta testers for my badge-making later this week... I had the idea on the Climate...

J.M.
Oct 14, 20192 min read
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I Have a Winner!
I'm delighted to announce that the winner of the 'First Paperback Out of the Box' lives in . . . Shetland, Yay! I had such a lovely week...

J.M.
Oct 8, 20191 min read
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Publishing News from The Cindy Press
Cindy is thrilled her publishing exploits are making their mark. She loves a good book and some fabulous first readers are telling her...

J.M.
Oct 8, 20192 min read
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The Battle of Cable Street, 83 years ago today!
Sunday 4th October 1936: The people of East London came together and prevented the fascists, Oswald Moseley's Blackshirts, marching...

J.M.
Oct 4, 20192 min read
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Run and #Resist
If The Wonder Girls has a soundtrack it's The Devil's Galop, composed by Charles Williams for, Dick Barton Special Agent a radio show of...

J.M.
Sep 22, 20191 min read
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What a Bloomin’ Cheek!
What a cheek I've got to publish a book independently! To launch myself out there, a seaside pedalo between massive cruise ship publishers

J.M.
Sep 15, 20193 min read
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