Author Archives: Della Galton

The Wednesday Writing Spot – Getting Ideas – Guest Post from Patsy Collins

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Della Galton

This week on the Wednesday Writing Spot, I am delighted to welcome writer, Patsy Collins, who is talking about where she gets her ideas from and her fabulous new short story collection, which is called Up The Garden Path. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Writing Spot – Plotting the longer Short Story

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Della Galton

Plotting was the bane of my life when I started writing. It still trips me up now occasionally, particularly when I’m changing lengths, for example from 1000 to 2000 words. So here are some tips for writing the longer short … Continue reading →

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Getting Very Excited about my Book Launch this Saturday

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Della Galton

I have been banging on about this for weeks on Facebook and Twitter, but just in case you’ve been away on Mars, or you don’t use Facebook and Twitter, I wanted to mention one more time that my book launch … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Writing Spot – Plotting the Short Story

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Della Galton

Plotting a short story is something that many writers, both new and experienced, find difficult.  I include myself in this.  It is not always easy, and I say not always, because occasionally we all have those magical days when it … Continue reading →

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Media Tart

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Della Galton

Writers just write books, don’t they? Nope – not these days. Writing them is just the beginning. Then we have to blog, facebook, tweet, go on the radio, get interviewed by journalists and write features about them too. And if … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Writing Spot. Tips on Winning Short Story Competitions

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Della Galton

This is the first of four posts about various aspects of short story writing, which will go out over the next four Wednesdays, in my new Wednesday Writing Spot. I hope they are helpful. I have spent a fair bit … Continue reading →

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Guest Post – Peter Jones – Seven things you can do with a paperback that you can’t do with a kindle!

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Della Galton

A few words today from Peter Jones my esteemed co-author, about our latest book 🙂 And do please go along to his new look website to find out about more of his work.  I’m delighted to announce that as promised the … Continue reading →

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Apple and Ginger Clafouti – a summer virtually fat free dessert!

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Della Galton

About time we had some food on this blog, so here’s my recipe for… Apple and Ginger Clafouti (serves 8 – or two very hungry eat-loadsers – one slice shown in picture)   Preparation time – about 15 mins (not … Continue reading →

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Goals, writing a bestseller and the law of attraction

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Della Galton

If you are a regular follower of my blog you will know I’m quite keen on goals. I set goals for my writing: I set annual goals, which get broken down into weekly, monthly and daily goals. I come from … Continue reading →

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Virtually Fat Free – and Virtually Free to buy the book – if you’re very quick!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Della Galton

What do you think of this for a ‘virtually fat free’ dessert?  It’s one of the recipes from the How to Eat Loads and Stay Slim how to eat loads and stay slim.com. I thought you might like a sneak … Continue reading →

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