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How To Write A Book

How To Write A Book

BlogMeg Rosoff27 December 2011easy steps to writing, how to write a book, novel writing for beginners, rules for writing books, writing to a formula Comments

Surefire last minute Christmas presents.

Surefire last minute Christmas presents.

BlogMeg Rosoff22 December 2011gifts for teens, how to survive christmas, last minute christmas presents, unusual christmas gifts for the whole family Comments

Two nations divided by a common language.

Two nations divided by a common language.

BlogMeg Rosoff19 December 2011bolting horse, english vs american, english-american translation, george bernard shaw, horse riding, little black sambo tigers, lost in translation, newmarket, runaway horse Comments

How I Live Now Film News

How I Live Now Film News

BlogMeg Rosoff15 December 2011casting for how i live now, daisy in how i live now, How I Live Now, Kevin Macdonald, saoirse ronan, The Bride's Farewell Comments

Eck the Halls.

Eck the Halls.

BlogMeg Rosoff12 December 2011buy an eck, matrix, most popular christmas gifts, Nick Godlee, pooping dachshund, the lion king, There Is No Dog Comments

OK, that's it. We're having the body hair conversation.

OK, that's it. We're having the body hair conversation.

BlogMeg Rosoff9 December 2011belladonna eyedrops, body hair, body hair revulsion, bound feet, brazillian, corsets, effects of pornography on body image, grooming tyranny, H&M models, john ruskin, pornography, pornography sucks, pubic hair, waxing Comments

One or two things I learned from advertising.

One or two things I learned from advertising.

BlogMeg Rosoff7 December 2011advertising career, andy stanton, Charlie Higson, copywriter to writer, Eoin Colfer, joe dunthorne, monster supplies, monster supply shop hoxton, Nick Hornby, weird christmas presents, Zadie Smith Comments

Ever wonder why it's so hard to get people to read your unpublished proof?

Ever wonder why it's so hard to get people to read your unpublished proof?

BlogMeg Rosoff5 December 2011arcs, how to get someone to read your first novel, mark haddon, proofs, publishing your novel Comments

NEWS FLASH: ECKS INVADE EUROPE.

NEWS FLASH: ECKS INVADE EUROPE.

BlogMeg Rosoff2 December 2011buy an eck, ecks, Nick Godlee, perfect christmas presents, There Is No Dog, unusual christmas gifts Comments

SLOGANS FOR OUR TIME

SLOGANS FOR OUR TIME

BlogMeg Rosoff28 November 2011be nice or leave, dance like you're, Enough with the posters already, ibm think, keep calm, live love laugh, plod faster, slogans for our time, stupid slogans Comments

Anger Management

Anger Management

BlogMeg Rosoff23 November 2011anger management, city rage, keep calm, keep calm and sew stuff, offshore accounts, pavement rage, road rage, senator bernie sanders, sidewalk rage, tax breaks, vermont, wall street Comments

How To Find A Voice

How To Find A Voice

BlogMeg Rosoff14 November 2011a voice in writing, distinctive voice, how to do anything better, how to find a voice, how to write a novel, how to write with conviction, how to write with distinction Comments

You think writing's bad? Try acting.

You think writing's bad? Try acting.

BlogMeg Rosoff11 November 2011acting, acting's worse than writing, kerry shale, stage fright, the black dog, the blank page Comments

Picture Me Gone.

Picture Me Gone.

BlogMeg Rosoff8 November 2011mary wanless, meg rosoff's new book, Nepal, picture me gone, ride with your mind Comments

KM Peyton

KM Peyton

BlogMeg Rosoff6 November 2011corinne gotch, David Fickling, Flambards, Fly-By-Night, kathy peyton, KM Peyton, OUP, scholastic, the team Comments

The thing about The Big Book.

The thing about The Big Book.

BlogMeg Rosoff1 November 2011A Tale of Two Cities, bestsellers, girl with a pearl earring, How I Live Now, Notes From a Small Island, Pride and Prejudice, Remains of the Day, The Book Thief, tracy chevalier, World book night 2012 Comments

What does a story smell like?

What does a story smell like?

BlogMeg Rosoff30 October 2011dog sense of smell, human sense of smell, olfactory glands, ramachandran, the telltale brain Comment

Something to make you happy, something to make you...furious.

Something to make you happy, something to make you...furious.

BlogMeg Rosoff28 October 201149% pay rises for UK bosses, advertising business, bill gates, corporate charitable giving, final salary deals, martin sorrell, offshore accounts, tax evasion, wpp, wpp registered in Jersey Comment