February 2012
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Listen to my nonsense on Audioboo →
I’m back using the excellent Audioboo and intending to do so for the foreseeable future. I’ve always liked it, but never given it a proper go. My contributions are essentially nonsense combined with some sort of writing tip or suggestion. Tempted? Of course you are.
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“In the endless hunt for comments and pageviews, too much opinion and personal...”
– Thinking about blogging
I wrote about blogging. I won’t do it again, promise. Not for a while.
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Write for Your Life podcast joins 70Decibels →
Long time no post. I’ve been busy moving house and that kind of thing. Stressful business. Anyway, while I’ve been away, it so happens that the Write for Your Life podcast has been acquired for literally no money at all by the 70Decibels network. That means it’s going to be a weekly gig and I’ll have a trusty steed in Myke Hurley who’ll be on hand to co-host and...
January 2012
6 posts
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How to sync Scrivener with any text editor (and go... →
Something I wrote for Write for Your Life that you might find useful. Well, if you use Scrivener, anyway.
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Here’s an extract from my novel, A is for...
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December 2011
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Now that’s what I call… what Iain listened to in... →
I made a Spotify list of stuff I’ve been listening to this year. It wasn’t necessarily released this year. But I listened to it anyway. Just because I could.
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A new site for The Workshop →
I’ve spent the best part of six weeks working on the new company website here at The Workshop. It’s very much a 1.0, but that’s an achievement in itself.
When you work for a busy design agency, it’s difficult to set the time aside to work on your own projects. So we decided to dedicate this short period of development time to the site and then iterate as we go.
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November 2011
12 posts
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WatchHow CCTV can improve your productivity. This is something I recorded a couple of years ago. Here’s the theory behind it.
I found it because I was looking through my videos on Vimeo to try and find one where I liked my hair.
What? What’s wrong with that?
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“It does neither reader nor author justice. What you end up with is an impression...”
– I want you to stop speed reading | Write for Your Life
My thoughts on speed reading and why, especially if you’re a writer, you should probably pack it in.
“The past beats inside me like a second heart.”
–
John Banville, The Sea
(via Ben Johncock)
Gorgeous sentence.
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Old lyrics and blank Gatsby
Believe it or not, I used to sing in a band. And believe it or not again, I was terrible at writing lyrics. Apart from one song, which I rather liked. It was called, lengthily, Mary Dropped a Plate and Everyone Applauded, and included the verse:
Their eyes met on the dance floor. The chapel disco was known for miles around. Everyone who’s someone said so. Barney took a towel and Mary wore...
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“I like trying to work out how good things are done.”
– Edward Hogan in a great interview for writers on Write for Your Life
October 2011
3 posts
“We are wasting the huge opportunity offered by technology to engage and immerse...”
– Why Education Needs to Get Its Game On (via infoneer-pulse)
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September 2011
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Volume #01 – an audiobook from Write for Your Life →
Volume #01 is a digital audiobook of Write for Your Life articles published on the site in its first year. Originally good old text-based posts, you can now get the said-out-loud experience performed by the author himself. That’s me, Iain. Hello there.
I have finally got round to selling something through Write for Your Life. If you are a) a wonderful human being, and b) interested in...
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Just started reading A brief introduction to... →
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August 2011
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Transmedia Design for 3 Screens - Make That 5 |... →
I am a screen-size bigot: bigger screens deliver hugely higher user productivity. Anyone who’s experienced a 30-inch monitor cringes at the idea of doing a major project on anything smaller. I’m astounded that PC makers don’t offer even bigger screens. (I’d be first in line for a 40-inch screen with 300 dpi crispness.)
Uncle Jakob is talking nonsense here. A 40-inch...
Steve Jobs →
benjohncock:
“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works. The design of the Mac wasn’t what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it….
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“The book is alive and well. Social media is liberating millions all over the...”
– Write for Your Life
I’m so sick of reading about all the doom and gloom that appears to hover permanently over the publishing industry.
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Win a signed, first edition hardback copy of A... →
Awesome sponsor on Write for Your Life this week. Rather awesome prize too.
You should definitely enter.
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“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with...”
– Roald Dahl (via msmarthareads)
“Being crippled by envy is a real threat to a happy life of writing – it’s very...”
– Tony Parsons, that airport job was mine | Jean Hannah Edelstein | Comment is Free (via jeanhannah)
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“I believe that you should always aim to write the best book that you possibly...”
– Can you really write a book in seven weeks? | Write for Your Life
I did a bit of a controlled rant.
July 2011
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“Writing isn’t generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional...”
– Melissa Scott (via writingadvice)
Help shape the first ever Write for Your Life... →
I’m in the early stages of planning a writing conference here in Sheffield and I’m trying to get as much feedback as possible so I know a) if it’s worth it and b) what people want.
If you have time, please pop over, read the post and fill in my lovely questionnaire. I will send you biscuits in the post. I won’t.
June 2011
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“Once I’m writing fiction (my beloved fiction) I will cease to fret, dilly or...”
– Fear and hunger in Las Sheffield | Write for Your Life
There’s been so much going in my life this past year that I haven’t had much time for doing what I (believe) I do best: writing fiction. And as I embark on novel number two, I’ve somewhat found myself with the willies. So in...
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“Well, Amazon hasn’t revealed any numbers to me or to anyone about Kindle sales...”
– Seth Godin talking about the Domino Project
What he says is true. It’s also what I’ve been saying, but I suspect (though can’t be sure) he doesn’t read my blogs.
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Launching Chat Broome →
I’ve just launched a new podcast called Chat Broome, which is a silly name, but not quite as silly as Broomeshtick. I’m fine with both.
You can read the launch post over at Write for Your Life (the title links there too) for more information, or you can head straight to the site itself. You should definitely subscribe in iTunes.
One thing I forgot to mention in that launch post was...
May 2011
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“We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don’t need are mere clerks who...”
– Seth’s Blog: The future of the library (via infoneer-pulse)
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“I’d had years of plugging away badgering people to use my songs on TV and radio....”
– Julia Donaldson on being a bestseller and push, push, pushing | Write for Your Life
So yeah, there’s an interview with Julia Donaldson, bestselling author and she of The Gruffalo fame, up on Write for Your Life today.
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Put away your guilty slipper
It’s amazing how the closer you get to a really important thing - event, deadline, or in my case wedding - all other things gradually grind to a halt. And that’s the way it has to be, of course. When something really matters, you have to get it right. All those other things, from getting a good night’s sleep to maintaining a blog, are inevitably less important.
And it’s...
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Housekeeping
There’s only so many times you can struggle to spell your own domain name without thinking it’s probably just a silly domain name. Broomeshtick is still Broomeshtick, but the domain is iainbroome.com - it’s for the best.
April 2011
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