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Why I wrote Lila and the Skies – a children’s book about mindset

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Annie Ridout was concerned about the impact the pandemic was having on her children’s mental health, so she started telling them stories about the magical things we can do when we believe in ourselves…

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Annie Ridout 6th May 2021
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Amy Kean on why girls (and women) should stop giving so many fucks

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Amy Kean, the author of bestselling illustrated book The Little Girl Who Gave Zero Fucks, discusses a difficult period she went through, how writing this book was like therapy and using her career in advertising to gauge her audience. Plus a thought on swearwords…

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Annie Ridout 14th March 2019
Family

Charlotte Duckworth: Why I wrote my debut novel The Rival

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Charlotte Duckworth was looking for novels that reflected her experience of new motherhood but couldn’t find. So she wrote The Rival. It’s gritty, relatable in parts, shocking and has unbelievable twists. Here, Charlotte explains how she came up with the story…

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Contributing Writer 3rd September 2018
Work Life

Should you take maternity leave if you work for yourself?

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Taking maternity leave as a freelance mum is tricky. Government maternity pay is low, and you’ll be stepping away from the freelance career you’ve been building… will it still be there when you return? Here are Annie Ridout’s thoughts on it all…

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Annie Ridout 26th June 2018
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5 writing tips that will turn you into a writer, instantly

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“Nora Ephron, the famous screenwriter, once said – ‘When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. But when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it’s your laugh.’” Writer and editor Anniki Sommerville shares five excellent writing tips to help get you started…

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Contributing Writer 14th January 2018
Family

The Creative Parents: Lucy Reynolds, children’s book author

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Her first storybook – Parrots Don’t Live in the City! – launched this summer. We talk to full time mum and debut children’s book author Lucy Reynolds about her own childhood, creativity and reading with her eight-month-old son…

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The Early Hour 10th October 2017
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I’m captivated by people, human frailty, the effect of childhood on adult lives

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Debut author Caroline England was introduced to “raw, human emotion” while working as a solicitor. “Whether dealing with crime, divorce or professional negligence, a solicitor is like a counsellor,” she says. It was this that inspired her novel Beneath the Skin – out tomorrow… 

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Contributing Writer 4th October 2017
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Crime fiction author Katerina Diamond on writing and family life

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“I absolutely hated daytime television and I wanted to do something proactive with my brain,” says author and mum-of-two Katerina Diamond. So with a toddler in tow, she began writing crime fiction novels…

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Contributing Writer 5th September 2017
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Author Lisa Stone on writing in the early hours

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“In 2007, divorced and a single parent, I had my first international bestseller published under the pseudonym Cathy Glass. Since then I have written a further 25 books.” Lisa Stone – mother, foster carer and author – on writing in the very early hours…

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Contributing Writer 20th July 2017
Family

Why motherhood makes you more productive

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For the mothers (and fathers) who’ve found a sudden rise in productivity levels since kids came along, Annie Ridout has it all worked it. Here’s why you are a whole lot more productive now than you were pre-children…

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Annie Ridout 30th June 2017

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