Archive for the ‘Psychology’ Category
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Unique chance: Verbal Aikido Sept 1
17 Aug 2021VERBAL AIKIDO Subscribers with a good memory will remember I’ve twice featured the inimitable Luke Archer, creator of Verbal Aikido.…
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Why are books and movies fascinated by forgetting?
22 Jan 2021FASCINATED BY FORGETTING Is it me, or are novels and movies fascinated by forgetting? This century, amnesia is very in.…
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Why most people are crap at persuading
22 May 2020GETTING GOOD AT PERSUADING This message was intended solely for writers and film-makers, until I realised that pitching and persuading…
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A plague on both your houses
25 Mar 2020So now we are visited by the plague, it seems. Plague is an archetype that goes back deep into our…
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Computer says procrastinate
07 Feb 2020COMPUTER SAYS PROCRASTINATE I went into my study this morning, bouncing, full of ideas for a new short story and…
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Angry movies at the Baftas
29 Jan 2020ANGRY MOVIES AT THE BAFTAS We live in angry times, it seems. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I…
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Interview with award-winning author Louise Doughty
11 Dec 2019LOUISE DOUGHTY Louise Doughty is one of the most interesting authors today. Refusing to be pigeon-holed, every book breaks new…
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How to deal with a verbal attacker – Verbal Aikido
20 Nov 2019DEALING WITH A VERBAL ATTACKER Do you ever find yourself lost for words? Or outmanoeuvred by a verbal attacker? Perhaps…
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#IndieAuthorChat Nov 19 & book offer
14 Nov 2019Book offer Christmas is coming and the first presents are on their way. First, I’m hosting a free Twitter chat…
