Cult Pens Advent Calendars 2025 - Spoilers!
By Michael Randall, 8 comments
This post is just for people who want to know what's in our Cult Pens Advent Calendars for this year, and don't mind the surprise being spoiled. If you're thinking...
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Simon Jardine: Artist of the Month - May 2013
By Anna Evans
Every month we highlight the work of a different artist or illustrator through the title banner of our monthly newsletter - Penorama. If you don't already receive Penorama, you can...
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A Week Without Coffee
By Michael Randall
Guest post by Michael Jecks... There are some weeks when the words flow and hum. At such times, it seems as though all an author has to do is...
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The Writing Process
By Michael Randall
Guest post by Michael Jecks... Ask one hundred authors what the best part of their job is, and you'll probably get about a hundred different answers. No author...
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Scarborough & the Medieval Murderers
By Michael Randall
Guest post by Michael Jecks... This week has been a busy one. Over the weekend I had to drive 400 miles to Scarborough for their literary festival. Medieval Murderers...
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How an Author Writes
By Michael Randall
(Guest post by Michael Jecks) Authors are often asked how they get ideas. There seem to be two supposed ‘facts’ about writing which are absolutely set in stone in the...
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The Diary of a Writer
By Michael Randall
Guest post by Michael Jecks... It was many years ago that I first began to appreciate better quality writing tools - long before I became a full-time novelist, in...
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Johanna Basford: Artist of the Month - March 2013
By Anna Evans
Every month we highlight the work of a different artist or illustrator through the title banner of our monthly newsletter - Penorama. If you don't already receive Penorama, you can...
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A pen is just a pen, a sigh is just a sigh
By Michael Randall
Guest post by Gerard M-F Hill... But no! The fundamental things apply to pens as well. Everyone in editorial work needs to be able to mark up hard...
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POSCA - Freedom To Create Tour
By Michael Randall
Uni POSCA Markers are on the road in the south-west from today with their Freedom To Create roadshow. A classic VW camper with POSCA branding will be visiting Cornwall and...
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