Book Of The Month
Please can you help me by voting on my novel Seeking the Dark It has been selected for Book of the Month by Readfreely Now…
“Brutality! Seediness! Controversy!” – THE PHOENIX HOUR by Paula R.C. Readman reviewed
The blurb: In 2055, humanity is on the brink of extinction after the misuse of an Intellectual Improvement drug. Doctor Louise Brimstone is facing ……
New Age for Writers
It's awful what's happening in the publishing world in this new age. Unfortunately, since the birth of Al, the publishing market has become flooded with…
Welcome to the New Age.
I love editing. I love how changing a single word can make you see a sentence in a new light. I'm back reading and editing…
The Beauty of Books
I must have been born with a book in my hand. My earliest memory is sitting in a mud-baked back garden with a pile of…
Less is More
The secret to good writing is less is most definitely more. You can do this by sharpening your prose and focusing on writing concisely. Keeping…
Mapping Martha’s World
Do you create visual aids to help you when developing a world for your characters to move within, and just how much detail do you…
The Importance of Reading When You’re a Writer
I might be preaching to the converted here, but I'm sure you're just as shocked as I am when new writers say they don't read.…
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Back Where I Want To Be
The trouble with me I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my writing. I know I don't always see the obvious and…
There are Books and Then There are Big Books
For Christmas, my son and daughter-in-law bought me a hardback copy of Robert Galbraith's sixth book in the Cormoran Strike series, The Ink Black Heart.…
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From The Funeral Birds To As The Crow Flies 