Blog Posts

  • EXIF: WordPress Images Appear Rotated

    I recently encountered a problem with images appearing rotated whilst updating the latest posting in the How Writers Write feature on this WordPress powered website.…

  • How Writers Write: Michael Cobley

    How Writers Write is monthly series of guest posts where established writers invite you into their workspaces, reveal their work habits and share their experience.…

  • Shorthand

    A few years ago I was travelling back to Manchester by train. I couldn’t help overhearing the phone conversation of the person sitting opposite me.…

  • Learning the C Button Accordion

    This Christmas I took the plunge and began learning the button accordion. As I spent quite a frustrating time on the internet trying to find…

  • How Writers Write 2015 Review

    How Writers Write launched in 2015. It was intended to be a series of guest posts where established writers invited you into their workspaces, revealed…

  • Upgraded to Windows 10 and Ubuntu 15.10

    … and that’s it. Absolutely no problems at all. I didn’t even have to reinstall GRUB as some sites warned me I’d have to. That’s…

  • The Dream Paris Blog Tour

    The Dream Paris Blog Tour

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  • The First Time I’ve Written the Word Chutzpah

    I’m pretty sure the title of this post is the first time I’ve written the word Chutzpah. That last sentence was probably the second. It’s…

  • How Writers Write: Juliet E McKenna

    How Writers Write is monthly series of guest posts where established writers invite you into their workspaces, reveal their work habits and share their experience.…

  • There’s a Lesson Here Somewhere

    I saw Chris Smither, one of my favourite singer songwriters, on Thursday night. 50 years in the business, he played to a crowd of around…

  • How Writers Write: Alma Alexander

    How Writers Write is monthly series of guest posts where established writers invite you into their workspaces, reveal their work habits and share their experience.…

  • Guest Posts

    Jacey Bedford was kind enough to ask me to contribute a guest post to her blog. You can read it by following the link… https://jaceybedford.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/guest-blogtony-ballantyne-tells-us-about-his-writing/…