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Open Book Blog Hop – Variety is The Spice of Life

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

This week’s theme gave me pause for thought: Do you write diverse characters? If so, how do you avoid cultural insensitivity?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – To Infinity, and Beyond!

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This week’s theme is a real head-scratcher: if you could have an unlimited supply of anything, what would you have?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives

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Today’s question is “what is your favourite piece of literature and what makes it your favourite?”

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – Oh to be Young Again!

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This week’s we are thinking about the past and the future. What do I miss most about being younger, and what do I look forward to most about the future?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – Nothing to Fear…

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This week’s theme is to write a scene or story that includes a character who has a phobia. What do they fear? How does this phobia affect their life? For my short story, I’ve gone with the fear of death.

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – Sunrise to Sunset

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So here is the subject for this week’s Open Book Blog Hop: What time of day are you most creative? When do you find it easiest to work on the business side of writing?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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I work full time so my writing time is at a premium. After work I am tired from a day sat on the laptop all day, so booting up my...

Open Book Blog Hop – Now Hear This!

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

This week’s topic is one that really interests me: are audiobooks the future of book sales?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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I’ve been reading since my childhood. I remember the feeling of picking up a book and turning page after page, falling ever deeper into wonderous worlds filled with mesmerising characters. But I am b...

Open Book Blog Hop – Smoke and Mirrors

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Here’s this week’s topic: If your character were to wear a disguise, what would they wear?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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My main character, Edison Crow, is an interesting character. He is all about theatrics and flair. His choice in clothing is very deliberate, designed to portray a very specific image to all around him. An...

Open Book Blog Hop – Questions, questions, questions…

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Another good question to be considered this week – do you use “said” or “asked” following a question mark? Or any other punctuation mark?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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The question this week is another one to really flex the old grey matter and get me thinking. It also sent me running to look through my book to see what I hav...

Lights, cameras, action!

I thought for this post I’d mix things up a little bit and rather than talking books, I’d talk films. Well, hypothetical films anyway. A couple of recent conversations got me thinking. It started out discussing how I visulise my characters. From there, it moved on to whether I saw certain actors playing specific characters in Chasing Shadows. In all honesty, I hadn’t, beyond perhaps Edison Crow. So it got me thinking, who would I cast in the movie of my book in some of the leading roles? So with...