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Nature and Nurture of a Serial Killer

Nature and Nurture of a Serial Killer

Characters are the basis of any piece of writing, whether it is fiction or non-fiction. If the characters are not believable, then the whole story falls down around them; as such writers generally draw on elements we find with real life characters. But how near are the fictional serial killers to reality? The book by [...]

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Roomy Remedies – Making a Bookcase

Roomy Remedies – Making a Bookcase

Today, I decided upon something a little different for my update. As I’m sure you can all appreciate, sometimes being a book lover means that you run out of room rather quickly. A while ago now, I decided to do something about my lack of space. When not at University, my ‘HQ’ is back with [...]

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Inspiration out of Desperation

Inspiration out of Desperation

Saturday night has now become synonymous to reality TV…but does the fast route to fame get you the longevity most people desire? As I sat there watching another group of hopefuls dreams coming to an end on a Saturday night, my mind starts pondering on those novels that took a little longer to plan, write [...]

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Concentration Challenges

Concentration Challenges

Or, ‘Where’s the Caffeine?‘ On November 1st, I gave up caffeine, fizzy drinks and takeaways in order to try and detox myself in lieu of going to the gym regularly again. I am therefore less than a week into this new regime…and all I can do is wail and moan and ask myself why…WHY would [...]

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NaNoWriMo – 2010

NaNoWriMo – 2010

Well, that time of year is almost upon the writing community again. It was four years ago when I first heard of the phenomenon called ‘NaNoWriMo’, and year after year I have been promising myself that I’m going to participate. What with one thing and another however (grrr, University) I haven’t had the time or [...]

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