The follow-up book to the bestselling 'One Hundred Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human', this is the guide for all dogs who like to take a humorous look at the great outdoors! Excerpts from the book: On those wet, windy, wintry walks when you're as dirty and as slimy as you can get, don't slip and slide frenetically as you try to clamber over a stile. Let your human sweep you up into their arms and gently carry you over, whilst you watch the remnants of that cow pat transfer from your coat to theirs. Responsible humans like to know where you are at all times. Be considerate and tell them where you've been too, by leaving a trail of muddy footprints across all floor surfaces. It's only since humans have domesticated dogs, that you've had to be clean. Go ancestral. Get dirty!

Can’t find time to write? Daunted by the sheer size of your writing project? Lost your motivation? Scared of being rejected? It doesn’t matter whether you want to write a page-turning novel, a life-changing non- fiction book, produce fascinating features or sizzling short stories, there comes a point when you have to sit down and write. That’s when negativity and despondency show up. To achieve your writing dreams, you need a positively productive mindset. Inside The Positively Productive Writer (Second Edition), you will learn how to: - embrace rejection, tame Imposter Syndrome, and avoid comparisonitis, - find more time to write, and turbo-boost your productivity by designating it ‘maker’ time or ‘manager’ time, - banish Writers’ Block, embrace sloppy copy, and celebrate your writing success, - and so much more! With an extra 40% positivity, this fully revised and updated second edition of The Positively Productive Writer will help you turn your creative dreams into writing reality. Simon Whaley is a bestselling author, magazine columnist, and feature writer. This second edition of The Positively Productive Writer draws upon his thirty years of published writing experience, and over two decades of creative writing tutoring.

The second most common question a writer is asked is, 'where do your ideas come from?' (The first is, 'Do you make any money from it?') Experienced writers don't go looking for ideas; ideas come to them. An experienced writer just has the knack of spotting what makes a good story or what will make a good story once it's been given the right spin, because none of us, if we're honest, will let reality get in the way of a saleable piece of work. Editors are looking for an element of action, drama or surprise, even in non-fiction. It's what catches their attention and makes them pause to read further; and the key to any editor's heart is originality. Not necessarily a new departure in style or genre, but a refreshing and original slant on a popular theme. Life-Writes helps you to find and develop ideas with editor appeal.

Provides a history of zoos, examines the faults of zoos, and argues for their dissolution.

What is a writer’s responsibility when it comes to tax? What legal implications should writers be aware of? What records should writers maintain, and what’s the best way of doing that? How do you cope with rejection or those crises of confidence that we all have from time to time? When is a pseudonym necessary? How can you improve your productivity? These, and many more, questions are answered in this collection of articles, first published in Writing Magazine. More than 50 professional writers, some of whom have appeared on the bestseller lists in the UK, or the New York Times and USA Today, share their tips and advice for making the most of your writing business. Contributors include: David Allen, Michael Allen, Judith Allnatt, Sarah Banham, Vicki Beeby, Louise Bolotin, Emily Bullock, Diana Cambridge, Alison Chisholm, Wendy Clarke, Marvin Close, Patsy Collins, Catherine Cooper, Nicholas Corder, Judith Cranswick, Dave Cullen, Nick Daws, Penny Ellis, Elaine Everest, Emma Finlayson-Palmer, Catherine Fitzsimons, Patrick Forsyth, Jean Fullerton, Della Galton, Alex Gazzola, Vanessa Gebbie, Vivien Hampshire, Solange Hando, David Hewson, Sally Jenkins, Sue Johnson, Susie Kearley, Jane Keightley, Natalie Kleinman, Yvonne Sarah Lewis, Kate Long, Anita Loughrey, Lorraine Mace, Adrian Magson, Kathleen McGurl, Eve Menezes-Cunningham, Tarja Moles, Christopher Owen, Joanna Penn, Diane Perry, Joanne Phillips, Julie Phillips, Kate Pool, Pat Posner, Jacqueline Pye, Sally Quilford, Jane Redfern-Jones, Suzanne Ruthven, Glynis Scrivens, Jane Smith, Jonathan Telfer, Paula Williams and Diane Wordsworth.

Here it is, in one box set: the two books every article writer needs to sell a complete words-and-picture package to a magazine editor. How to write magazine articles and how to take photos that will help you sell those words. The Complete Article Writer shows you how to come up with the right idea for the right market, time and time again. Don’t write one article - write six or more! It explores how to analyse a publication to identify its readership and the freelancing opportunities within it. Then it guides you into twisting your idea so it appeals to the core readership and the most important reader of all - the editor. With detailed advice about beginnings, middles and endings (the various middle structures can help you exploit your ideas even further), along with other pieces of page furniture, including boxouts, sidebars and photos, The Complete Article Writer will show you how to offer an editor the complete package. And to ensure you approach editors professionally, it gives advice on how to pitch (selling an idea to an editor before you write the piece), and how to negotiate the minefield of publishing rights. Whether you’ve always wanted to write an article but don’t know where to start, or have had some success and want to build upon it further, reading this book will make you an editor’s dream supplier. You will become The Complete Article Writer. Photography for Writers: Which would you rather be: the writer paid £200 for an article or the writer/photographer paid £600 for an illustrated article? Practically every magazine uses photographs, so why not make the editor's life easier and supply them with your words? Become an editor's dream supplier by sending them a complete words-and-picture package. Some magazines will only use writers who can supply the photos, so taking photos might open up new markets to you. Digital photography has made photography accessible to all and, even if you have a mobile phone camera, it is possible to take publishable pictures. Photography for Writers explains the basics of digital photography, the different markets available to writers with a camera, how to submit their images, what to do with their images afterwards, how to use photography for research, and even how to get photos to illustrate your articles if you don't have a camera. Take your writing to the next level ... with photos! Increase your publication opportunities and boost your writing income! Enjoy creative writing? Looking to get into freelance writing? Check out The Practical Writer Series for easy-to-implement advice.

The second in the Marquess of Mortiforde Cozy Mystery series. "Agatha Raisin meets the Great British Bake Off in Foraging for Murder. Simon Whaley blends bucolic eccentricities, village gossip, food festivals and cold-blooded murder in his latest cosy mystery." - Bookish Jottings Book Description MORTIFORDE'S FOOD FESTIVAL IS A RECIPE FOR MURDER Three butchers. Two deaths. One four-hundred-year-old grudge. It’s Aldermaston’s first food festival as the Eighth Marquess of Mortiforde and it’s not going well. One butcher is missing. Another has been threatened. And the Vegetarian Society has been sent a meaty ultimatum. Meanwhile, Lady Mortiforde desperately needs her husband to find some wild boar meat for her savoury pie entry into the festival’s Bake Off competition. When the Council’s Chief Archivist disappears, along with the Food History Marquee’s star attraction, a seventeenth-century recipe book, Aldermaston has all the ingredients of a murder mystery that’s been marinating for over four hundred years. Can he find the missing butchers before it’s too late? Will Lady Mortiforde avoid a soggy bottom in the Bake Off competition? And why do all the butchers take their pet pigs for a walk in the woods at night? "We are in safe hands with Whaley a man unafraid of capturing the class-based absurdities of British life." - PAJ Newman "When describing Foraging for Murder to both Spouse-Critter and one of my besties, I found myself saying that it reads like Agatha Christie did the plot outline, handed it to the cast of Monty Python and walked away!" - Puzzle Paws Blog "Aldermaston had me laughing a few times!" The Page Ladies "Foraging for Murder is a hilarious, uplifting and thrilling murder mystery sprinkled with plenty of tension, intrigue and suspense to keep readers chewing their nails and on the edge of their seats until the end." Bookish Jottings "Full of culinary delights and dark deeds past and present, it is jam-packed full of wonderful and very likeable eccentric characters with a deliciously wicked streak of humour running through it." The Word Is Out ​​​​​​​"Wow. Foraging for Murder is a fantastic book. It’s stuffed with some very British quirkiness, rival butchers, an obnoxious new Chief Executive for the local Council, and a slightly bumbling, but good-hearted, member of the nobility, his wife, his eminently competent butler, as well as his extremely eccentric brother." MJ Porter

Which would you rather be: the freelance writer paid £200 for an article or the freelance writer/photographer paid £600 for an illustrated article? Practically every magazine uses photographs, so why not become an editor's dream supplier by sending them a complete words-and-picture package? Some magazines only use writers who can supply the photos, so taking photos can open up new markets to you. Inside Photography for Writers you will learn: - How to increase your chances of selling more words by offering photos. - How to take publishable photos using your smartphone or compact camera. - How to supply photos with your submissions. - How to illustrate your articles when you don’t have a camera. - And how to use your smartphone or compact camera as a research tool. Take your freelance writing to the next level... with photos! Increase your publication opportunities and boost your writing income! Simon Whaley’s illustrated features have appeared in a variety of publications including BBC Countryfile, Country Walking, The Simple Things, Outdoor Photography, The Countryman, The People’s Friend and Writing Magazine. (This second edition now includes photographs.) Enjoy creative writing? Looking to get into freelance writing? Check out The Practical Writer Series for easy-to-implement advice.

How do you arrange a virtual blog tour? When it comes to writing, are two heads better than one? How do you go about creating an audiobook? Should you produce your own author newsletter? Can poets earn a living from writing? Are there grants for writing projects and, if so, how do you get one? These, and many more questions, are answered in this third collection of articles that first appeared in Writing Magazine. Contributors include: Jackie Cosh, Julie Phillips, Rachel Gilbey, Bella Osborne, Lizzie Lamb, Dr Euan Lawson, Susi Holliday, John Pilkington, Burhana Islam, Chris Brookmyre, Marisa Haetzman, Ambrose Parry, Peter Jones, Della Galton, Mark Sullivan, Dan Blank, Cass Hunter, Tom Palmer, Anita Loughrey, John Adams, Sue Barnard, Wendy Clarke, Stella Riley, Roz Morris, Mandy Baggot, Samantha Tonge, Richard Vaughan Davies, Rachel Dove, Kristina Adams, David Gaughran, Vaseem Khan, Liam Livings, Peter Ralph, Adam Croft, Joanne Harris, Catherine Fitzsimons, Patsy Collins, Chrissie Gittins, James Nash, Daphne Gray-Grant.

If you self-publish a book, do you really have to deposit a copy with the legal deposit libraries? How useful are the AI (artificial intelligence) grammar checkers, and how should writers use them? What is comparisonitis, and how should writers treat it?How do you start advertising your books, and are those newsletter services any good? Can writers make money on online platforms like Medium.com and are letters and fillers in magazines still profitable? These and many more questions are answered in this fourth volume of articles. Contributors include: Faith Martin, Naomi Hirahara, Lisa Lepki, Claire McGowan, Sharon Booth, Elaine Everest, Heather Allison, Catherine Clarke, Deb Potter, Jill Cooper, Tony Mitton, Louise Rose-Innes, Craig Martelle, Emily Organ, Alison Morton, MJ Porter, Kate Walker, John Jackson, Anita Faulkner, Marianne Rosen, Elana Johnson, Connor Whiteley, Eric Thomson, Maria Frankland, Mario Lopez-Goicoechea, Gemma Amor, Jason Hamilton, Maggie Cobbett, Melvina Young and Gledé Browne Kabongo.