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I am a 68-year-old gay disabled amateur part-time writer living in Slough, Berkshire UK. I have published around 50 articles in 20 leisure and lifestyle magazines. I live with a range of health issues including heart disease, chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes, depression, atrial fibrillation and restless leg syndrome. (I'm working my way through the medical dictionary!). I'm a member of Slough Writer's Group which is interesting and informative. Latest News. 10th July 2023 Awarded 'The Sandy Lee-Guard Award for Endeavour' by the Slough Writers Group. 6th December 2023 Completed studying 'Writing for Magazines' with CityLit University. January 2nd 2024. Fell over in the lounge and fractured my left femur (whilst recovering from fracturing my right femur in July 2023). Recovery expected to take 6 - 8 months. May 2024. Completed studying ' National Centre for Writing' course 'Creative Non-Fiction - An Introduction'. You can see the articles that have been published in the 'LATEST WORK' section of my website.

Sunday 15 October 2023

Know about what you write.

 A few years ago I wrote an online paper entitled 'Know about what you write'. This deliberately turns the old adage: 'Write about what you know' around to read 'Know about what you write'. Journalists have to do this all the time. A journalist one day may be required to write an article about 'Electric Cars' and directly afterward be expected to write about aspects of people living with 'Learning difficulties'. He or she may never before had to write about these subjects, yet have to, knowlegeably, write about them.

Find out more about these skills based on my own experience, by clicking here.


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