Blogs and creative writing



I’ve set up this page to act as my portfolio and a home for my written work – and to encourage me to continually write and improve!
I have experience in writing many different lengths, formats and topics: see my work in the wild with an SEO-stuffed article about the benefits of pixel marketing, or a descriptive piece on the importance of health and safety measures for disabled workers.
I’m also publishing regular blog posts about the creative writing process, interesting diversions of literature, genre and much more!
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Get more words written: habits and tips for productivity
Well, the long awaited third installment of the ‘get more words written‘ gang lies before you, eager to do as its brethren have done and provide an account of writing…
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Fictional creatures in literature: dragons
Dragons, a longstanding ferocious creature dominating the pages of many literary greats, have had an interesting and storied past (get it?) in their presence within stories, books and poems. In…
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Personable perspectives: point of view
Those of you die-hard Impers (fan club name suggestions welcomed!) will have seen a previous article on language conventions where we briefly touched on the topic of point of view.…
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Common grammar mistakes
Hey, we’ve all been there – ‘fellowing up’ on an email only to realise an embarrassing formatting error, or skimming an online article and having a cheeky smug moment at…
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References or ‘dating’ a work
Every generation to ever exist has fallen foul of outdated references – a quip that was played to raucous applause on television now getting a groan, a funny name for…
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Why did my writing get rejected?
We’ve previously covered how to deal with rejections from publishers, but addressing the reasoning behind rejected work can help you address the issues and give it another round of editing…