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4 May:
People often ask me how to write characters with accents. When writing a foreign character, one should portray the accent in a way that is both culturally sensitive and non-distracting for the reader.
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Diary of an Author: 27 April - 7 May
Every job I've ever lost
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13 April 2026:
Today somebody unsubscribed from my newsletter. It didn’t bother me at all. As a Serious Literary Author, I have far more important things to worry about than metrics. Just to ensure he wasn’t under any il...
Banana, assistant, social media, letters
Diary of an Author: 6-12 April 2026
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