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All I want for Christmas is...(re)views

anne@annehamilton.co.uk (Anne Hamilton) — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:18:47 +0000

One of the best gifts you can give an author is a (good) review. It doesn’t have to be long, literary and fancy. A simple, ‘I loved this book/I’d recommend it’, or even just a star rating, is enough/ Or course, you should feel free to wax lyrical, too – just leave out the spoilers, please!

Asking Authors Questions

anne@annehamilton.co.uk (Anne Hamilton) — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:06:22 +0000

One of the most frequent questions I’m asked as an author, is ‘Why did you write about this?’ and it’s closely followed by, ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ The latter is a weird one to answer because, unlike writer friends and clients who are always itching to start new things, I rarely have new, shiny and sparkling ideas.

Really Recommended Reads

anne@annehamilton.co.uk (Anne Hamilton) — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:01:48 +0000

Longer nights and shorter days, greyer skies, and leaves off the trees: there's no better time to browse bookshops for a few good reads. This October I'm lucky enough to be spoiled for choice amongst the authors I'm lucky enough to call my friends: Warren Chapman, Sharon Black and Linda McEvoy.

The OU and the Book Festival

anne@annehamilton.co.uk (Anne Hamilton) — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:52:11 +0000

I was very lucky to be invited to the closing event of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024, sponsored by the Open University in Scotland, to see: Jackie Kay: People's Poet.

Writing Retreats Extraordinaire

anne@annehamilton.co.uk (Anne Hamilton) — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:06:17 +0000

There's a well-known phrase in the craft of writing - whether an author is a plotter or a pantser. Essentially, it's measuring the extent to which planning has gone into the writing. This month I'm extending the concept to writing retreats. Neither of myNot short retreats were planned more than a few days in advance, and so totally without expectation - all the better when they turned out so brilliantly.