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The Writer's Cookbook is almost seven years old. It's practically a pensioner in website terms. It's grown and changed since it was created in July 2014, as have I. I created it after finishing my MA in Creative Writing, in the summer of 2014. One of my favourite...
Many writers want to make money from their craft. Some may be embarrassed to admit it. Some may not know how to get started. It's time to change that. There's no shame in making money from your fiction-writing skills. There's also no shame in using those skills in...
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