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Ah! So The journey is near its end. After a series running some 10 years or so, J K Rowling is about to draw the Harry Potter series to a close with the seventh and final book, intriguingly titled, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being announced for release on 21st July 2007.

It isn’t a name that fits in with the other six books, all of which had mystical sounding names. This one sounds darker and more sinister. She has said someone dies (they do in every HP book), but she says someone we like. Will it be Harry himself? It’d be a great way to ensure she doesn’t get tied to writing anymore.. oh hang on… with so much magic about, someone will know a way to resurrect him.

Not being a big fan (could only get thru the first four books -it all became a bit sameish), I hope she does kill Harry. At least it will give me a reason to read it. But of course, good will prevail, and Valdemort will get his come-uppance, if indeed he still is the baddie by the end of that book.

Harry Potter 1 (i.e. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (or Sorcerer’s Stone in the US) is well worth the read. After that it’s up to you - they do get darker and more adult.

If you are interested in getting your mitts on the final Harry Potter, Amazon is taking pre-orders (sponsored link).

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Last night I had the pleasure of hearing an author, the excellent Archie Fusillo, speak. Afterwards while chatting, someone was discussing the dominance of women in the writing and publishing industry. The question was asked why?

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A key copmponent of the writing course I am studying is grammar.At the start of the year I was happy. I knew what I knew and didn’t know what I didn’t know.Now I’m confused because now I still know what I know, I know more than I used to know but the big problem is now I know what I don’t know.

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Sooner or later you need a font. So I’ve put together this post which is a lists of a few sites dedicated to free fonts.

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Micro Fiction is a short story of 100 words or less.

The Vandal

Time is the cruelest vandal of all. It had etched away at his features, leaving him haggard, stolen his youth, brought him loneliness…

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A lot of books on writing tell you to find a distraction free environment. Although I agree it helps tremendously, I’d also argue you should train yourself to work with distractions.

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Quite a productive day of sorts. I finally finished hand-editing “Sid” (a novel) so now I just have to key all the edits.

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Well, after 5 weeks of getting up at 6am to write, I’ve finished the first draft of the short novel I started writing 3 years ago. I’m not sure what the traditional form of celebration is for a first draft, but I think I’ll allow my self a sleep in tomorrow.

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It FINALLY dawned on me last week that the body really will adjust if I start getting up an hour earlier.My corner is the kitchen table, armed with a slice of toast and a coffee.

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Well! Big announcement. I’m going back to school. With so much of what’s going on in my life lately revolving around writing, I’ve decided to take a course in it. The course I’m doing is “Professional Writing and Editing”, a generic one year course that covers various aspects of writing

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