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About journojohnson

I qualified as a journalist in 2002 and after a period working as a freelance for Gloucester Media writing advertorials, interviews, articles and press releases I have gone on to write for lots of magazines and newspapers, both local and national. I write regularly for the Writers and Readers magazine but have also written for CPO's Inspire, the New Writer, Classic Ford, and Take a Break's My Favourite Recipes among many others. I published my first full-length historical novel. Waireka in 2018 and my romantic novella, Alpha Male in 2016. Both can be found on Amazon. Please follow the links on my book page.

NaNoWrimo and busyness

Posted on November 16, 2016 by journojohnson

NaNoWrimo or write 50,000 words for November is a great concept. Great, that is, if we don’t beat ourselves up about it as I have been doing. Writing 50,000 words in one month is a tall order for most of … Continue reading →

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The writer’s vision

Posted on October 23, 2016 by journojohnson

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best Thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. Be Thou my Wisdom, and … Continue reading →

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CRT Book Exhibition

Posted on September 29, 2016 by journojohnson

A couple of weeks ago, Angus and I were at the Christian Resources Together Conference and Exhibition. How exciting it was to see loads of publishers and booksellers from the US and the UK all together under one roof to … Continue reading →

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Clear out and declutter

Posted on August 31, 2016 by journojohnson

With having a new boiler fitted last week we expected maximum upheaval due to the weird construction of our house where the meter is at the opposite end of the house to the boiler! However, thanks to the ingenuity of … Continue reading →

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How to do a radio interview

Posted on July 27, 2016 by journojohnson

Radio interviews. An important part of book promotion but does it fill you with dread? It did me, especially as my first one was live on air, even though it was just after 7am in the morning and few people … Continue reading →

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Book Launch opportunities

Posted on July 13, 2016 by journojohnson

Well, after a hard period of trying to promote and push my book without becoming obsessive or boring, the opportunities have started flowing in! Yes, after a successful book launch party last weekend which included the sale of more than … Continue reading →

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Promotion and Perseverance

Posted on July 1, 2016 by journojohnson

We saw this horse and his carriage in M’dina, in Malta, also called the silent city. It was a hot day and we felt sorry for this horse having to cart around people all day long on sight-seeing trips. What … Continue reading →

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‘Alpha Male’ publication day. Hoorah!!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by journojohnson

Well, it’s here at last! After 7 years on and off of writing and then another 2 in the hands of a publisher where it went nowhere, at last, with the help of Creative Gateway, my book is self-published by … Continue reading →

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Poetry and the Coleridge factor

Posted on April 6, 2016 by journojohnson

I was really inspired by this statue of the Ancient Mariner at Watchet. Coleridge is one of my favourite poets and this poem, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ depicted by this statue with the Albatross he shot, is my … Continue reading →

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Persevering against the odds

Posted on February 24, 2016 by journojohnson

I have just finished reading the well-known book ‘I am Malala’ about a young girl persevering against huge odds and opposition. Her brave fight for education for all, especially girls, led to her being shot by the Taliban but even … Continue reading →

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