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Allan Scott has chosen to keep these posts online as many still have value – and they also include a record of his 40-year freelance career – a host of experiences that he cherishes and is happy to share with anyone who might learn something from them. He regrets (almost) nothing – and he’s had a ball…

Public speaking – the most useful tip?

Public speaking – the most useful tip?

Public speaking makes people nervous. Nothing new there. In fact in a famous survey of things that frightened people, public speaking came top of the list. (And death came fourth. Allegedly...) So what can you do about it? As it happens, I'm in charge of the readers'...

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Not your conventional romance

Not your conventional romance

On Valentine's Day 1989 the new love of my life and I exchanged suspiciously similar-looking envelopes - and found we had indeed bought the same card. Mine in Birmingham. Hers in Walthamstow. It showed a princess encountering - and being kissed by - a frog. Turning...

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Not your conventional romance (2)

Not your conventional romance (2)

On the day of our engagement, picture two people dressed in posh 15th-century clothes wandering the streets of Orford. Night is falling. We have nowhere to sleep. Unless, of course, we fancy putting up a tent in the dark... (And if you don't know how we got there,...

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Not your conventional romance (3)

Not your conventional romance (3)

Picture it if you can... It's the week before our wedding. I've been burning the candle at all three ends (metaphysically speaking) to finish my first solo novel - a dark fantasy farrago called The Dragon in the Stone. (Not read the story so far? Start here...) An...

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Embracing change

Embracing change

What happens when the whole basis for your business - disappears...? You really have just two options: to close the business, or to take the plunge by embracing change. If you've read my earlier piece - All change? - you'll know what I'm talking about. In it I...

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