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5 tips to stay motivated

Authors are quite possibly the most insecure people on the planet. No matter how much or how long they write, and no matter how many people say they enjoyed reading a particular book, I believe most writers worry their writing isn’t good enough. I…

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The problem of never failing: messages in my books

A number of years ago I interviewed a group of employers about the skills they wanted young people to have when they entered the workforce. The number one characteristic they nominated as desirable, and missing from many young workers was the ability to problem…

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Read the Cornflakes packet

I sometimes think I might have been born with a book in my hand. I certainly have vivid memories of books almost being an addiction. When my mother took a book out of my hand at breakfast and told me not to read at…

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