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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The Writer's Life: Is ChatGPT Becoming More Human?

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  I’ve noticed something recently about ChatGPT that is decidedly strange. My relationship with it has changed, and not because of me. The ...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

The Writer's Life: Why Writers See the World Differently

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  An idea crossed my mind. Writers often move through life with a slightly different perspective from everyone else. It is not necessar...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Did You Know… Life In 1960s/70s Britain: You Could Only Watch Three Television Channels?

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  BBC1, BBC2 and ITV  — and sometimes nothing at all. In 1960s and ’70s Britain , television was a very different experience. Today, there a...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Did You Know… Life In 1960s/70s Britain: You Had to Put Money Into a Coin Meter for Electricity?

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For many households in Britain there was a time when paying for electricity did not involve monthly bills, online accounts, or direct debits...

Hands In The Dirt - Notes From a Vegetable Garden: From March 2025 (Extract)

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A few early Spring entries from my 2025 gardening journal, Hands In The Dirt — Notes From a Vegetable Garden. Now available on Amazon. Monda...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

The Writer's Life: You Can Never Truly Retire From Your Passion

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  We live in a world that often treats retirement as the end of productivity. We step away from the world of work, close the door, and are e...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Self-Publishing: Amazon's Dominance in the Book Market - What it Means for Self-Published Authors

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    When Amazon first launched in 1995, it described itself as “the world’s biggest bookshop”. In 2026, that description is not far from th...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Self-Publishing: Amazon's New Update for Kindle Users: From January 2026, Readers Can Download DRM-free Kindle books

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  In January of this year, Amazon made an important change to how books could be downloaded from their online platform. It's now possibl...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Now Available on Amazon: Hands In The Dirt - Notes From a Vegetable Garden - How To Grow Your Own Food

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  Hands In The Dirt — Notes From A Vegetable Garden , publication date, 2026. Gardening and growing food, like writing, is a passion of min...
Monday, March 2, 2026

Idiom of the Day - Burning the Midnight Oil

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  Have you ever said, or heard, the words, “… last night I was burning the midnight oil ”? Burning the midnight oi l, or to burn the midn...