Plague doctor and San Francisco bridge with In love with a plague doctor title and heart
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In love with a plague doctor part 2

“This is the only one that I love” he says tenderly.

Plague doctor and San Francisco bridge with In love with a plague doctor title and heart
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In love with a plague doctor

I look at the plague doctor in his long black coat and hat and mask with a beak at the end of it and wonder what it would be like to fall in love with him.

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How to chill to an ambiguous word

That embarrassing moment when you realise that you’ve written a word that can also mean something else. For example. This…

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First, do no harm

It’s easy to be contemptous of history, contemptous of historical figures, to mock certain military generals for their mistakes, for…

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To my horror

This piece of writing seemed fine at first but when I edited it I saw that it didn’t make sense,…

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Eco warrior warfare

A prominent eco warrior is to swim across the Atlantic instead of flying in order to avoid harming the planet…

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Scene breaks overkill

Scene breaks are a way of separating scenes in novels, to distinguish the end of one scene and the beginning…

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Are you ready now?

Or are you now ready? This was a pretty interesting exercise in how to use your writing skills, and it…

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Turd or spy submarine?

A huge turd has been spotted floating off the coast of Sweden – but defence experts fear that it might…

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Shooting a promotional video for a historical novel

Just a few thoughts on shooting a promotional video to publicise a historical novel and posting it on social media…