What do you know?

by Tamara | Feb 11, 2013 | writing

The trick, I think, is to let people know what you know.

The ins and outs of your topic may seem obvious to you, but you probably spend your time working at it or thinking about it – old hat for you.

Your right people, your readers, are reading you for a reason. They want to know what you know. What is old news for you can be a revelation to them. Have faith that they know what they want and are on a quest to get it. They have found you for a reason.

Your job in this case is to say your thing in the best words, and with the greatest clarity that you can. Then your people can figure out if you are giving them what they are looking for.

The secret milestones EVERYONE reaches while writing a book (a series!)

by Tamara | July 16, 2026 | writing | 0 Comments

Milestone #1: The Time of Many Starts Do you have book notes scattered in random notebooks all over your house? Plans or post-its stuffed in drawers, or piled up where you’ll get to them ‘one day’? Or multiple folders with book snippets in them on your...

How to make time for creativity

by Tamara | May 12, 2026 | blogging, creativity, how-to | 0 Comments

Since we became homo sapiens, we’ve been making our creative mark on the world: in handprints, markings in the caves we lived in, washes of colour on cave walls, early illustrations of stories we were telling ourselves and each other. I’ve said it for years and years:...

62 Million

by Tamara | April 20, 2026 | blogging | 0 Comments

Content Warning: This is about the CNN investigation into the website that has a ‘rape academy’ on it. If you’re not ok to read more about it, then skip this one. If you’ve not heard about it, then here’s the link. I shouldn’t have to say anything here. Or explain...