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Mervyn Love
Member since 06th December 2006
Occupation: Bookkeeper Mervyn Love was born a century and a half ago (well, it feels like it sometimes) in the village of Reepham, Lincolnshire, UK and has never looked back.
Mervyn failed his ‘O’ Level Maths at the age of 30, having been something of a slow learner, and ironically has earned his living by crunching numbers in the finance departments of several companies, including Enron and WorldCom. Which just goes to show that all the sweat and tears gaining ‘A’ Levels in Quantum Physics, Civil Engineering, and Cross-stitch in the 13th Century were a complete waste of time.
Recreations include ropeless abseiling, desert pot-holing, lounging in front of the TV and tiddly-winks. The latter being a left-over from the time he captained the Frodingham Flyers to victory in the Lincolnshire and South Humberside Tiddly-winks Championships in 1954 against reigning champions the Appleby Aces. The Flyers won by two whizzers and a scrimp in a nail biting final at the Grimsby Fish Gutters Centennial Hall.
His award-winning site for aspiring writers, WritersReign.co.uk (voted Best Cloned Site 2002 in the ‘Web Sites Thrown Together With Little Or No Thought’ category) recently won the "Site Most Likely To Be Ignored In The 21st Century" award, and has received several similar accolades.
His ambition is to one day get out of bed before 11.00am, and beat his wife at Scrabble, but not both on the same day.
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23rd June 2008
Use the magic of dialogue to grip your readers and keep them turning those pages. OK, you've got to have a good story too, but even a good story can be degraded if your characters don't speak up to good effect. Get this technique right and your readers wi...
11th June 2008
Striking the right balance between dialogue and narrative is essential if you are to capture and hold the readership of your particular genre.
Modern readers in general prefer a story that moves along with a fair degree of alacrity. If not, they soon g...
21st May 2008
What your characters say and how they say it speaks volumes to your readers. Dialogue is one of the best vehicles for presenting your characters as real believable people that readers can connect with on an emotional level.
First of all you must have i...
15th May 2008
Did you know that editors of magazines and newspapers are simple people? Well, educated, discerning and intelligently simple people, actually. Basically what they crave from us writers are simply well written articles that are eye-poppingly different from...
15th May 2008
Generating a steady flow of topical articles that editors will pay good money for can be a bit of a drag at times. Use these simple methods to get the ideas flowing and the cash pouring in.
If you're like me, then the major problem is finding the topic...
11th May 2008
Most readers want to be captivated by several aspects of a good story. The plot, the setting, and the characters with their emotional highs and lows. But don't neglect to bring in some extra emotion in your descriptive passages as well.
Most stories co...
06th May 2008
How do you keep the reader constantly agog throughout your story, desperate to know what happens next? It's simple. Use the technique that has been used since the beginning of story-telling: a good helping of conflict.
Conflict does not always imply ph...
29th April 2008
Some writers make the mistake of thinking that a brilliantly conceived plot will make up for poor characterisation. It won't. Readers want to read about people they can believe in. Here are some pointers on how to develop flesh and blood characters.
Of...
22nd April 2008
There's nothing like a great opening to a story to get your readers hooked. Here are some suggestions that will almost guarantee that your readers will keep reading.
Your story should start with some significant event or turning point and present the m...
11th April 2008
Whether you're new to running a website or have been at it for years, there's always one thing that you can never get enough of. Visitors! Building a steady and growing stream of visitors is the aim of every serious webmaster, and you can get started by u...
07th April 2008
Want to make more sales but can't afford to have your sales pages written for you? Spent money on buying visitors, but still getting no sales? The solution could be as simple as using some simple but powerful words alter the minds of your visitors into a ...
04th April 2008
For some writers it's a doddle to find names for their characters. For others it's a nightmare and a nail biting worry wondering if the villain they've just named Arturas Wharfberger has a real life counterpart out there hell bent on suing them for slande...
03rd April 2008
If you're not using testimonials on your website and in your emails, you're missing out on one of the biggest sales boosters there are. People believe other people. So put this tactic to work. Here's how.
Mug shots. When unsolicited testimonials come i...
03rd April 2008
The question should not be 'Why have you written your biography?' but rather 'Why have you NOT written your biography?' The rewards are genuinely awesome when you think about it.
Even if you've lived what you consider to be a normal, uneventful, even b...
02nd April 2008
Don't feel up to writing profit-making ads? It's easier than you think when you put these simple ad writing tactics to work.
1. Reverse Psychology
This is where you encourage people to do the opposite of what you really do want them to. For instance...
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