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April 20, 2025
Open Book Blog Hop – 21st April 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
Do you write your stories start to finish, or do you write scenes out of order and then assemble them in the proper order?
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April 13, 2025
Open Book Blog Hop – 14th April 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
It’s official. The NaNoWriMo organisation (National Novel Writing Month) is shutting down. What’s your reaction?
Remember to visit my fellow writers to see what they have created. You can find their works here!
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Open Book Blog Hop – 7th April 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
How do you know you’re going to become friends with a new person you’ve just met?
Remember to visit my fellow writers to see what they have created. You can find their works here!
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March 2025 Review
The sun is starting to put in a bit more of a showing here in the UK and spring genuinely feels like it’s not too far away now. With lighter days and warmer weather, everything seems better. Though I’ve not done loads of writing, some projects have progressed a little, and I’ve found time for loads fo reading this month too.
Hush continues to make progress. It’s still in the planning stage, and may well be for a long time yet. It’s such a different approach to story telling that I real...
March 30, 2025
Open Book Blog Hop – 31st March 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
Your character comes across an old oil lamp which, when rubbed, frees an ancient and cranky genie. The genie grants only one wish, and it can’t benefit your character. The request can only affect one person. (No curing cancer worldwide.) What does your character wish for?
Remember to visit my fellow writers to see what they have created. You can find their works here!
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Open Book Blog Hop – 24th March 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
Do you suffer from Automation anxiety? (the fear that advancements in technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, will lead to widespread job losses, rendering people’s skills obsolete and potentially leaving them unemployed, causing significant worry and stress about the future of work.)
Remember to visit my fellow writers to see what they have created. You can find their works here!
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Open Book Blog Hop – 17th March 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
Today’s topic is: Discuss: “Write the book you want to rewrite—because most of writing is revising! Don’t agonize over every word in a first draft; that will only slow you down. Just write the story. Get it onto the page. Drafting is the stage where you capture the idea. Revising is where you figure out how to really tell the story well.” -Beth Kander, author of I Made It Out of Clay
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March 10, 2025
Open Book Blog Hop – 10th March 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
Today’s topic is: Your character is being faced with an evacuation from a natural disaster. What are they taking with them?
Remember to visit my fellow writers to see what they have created. You can find their works here!
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February 2025 Review
I’ve said many times over that I plan to get better at regular updates here, and have yet to manage it. So, having seen the wonderful monthly reviews from the very talented K.M. Alan I’ve decided to try my hand at something similar. I have been working on a few projects lately that I’d love to update you all on, and I’m going to also start sharing short reviews of the books I read in the month too.
So without further ado, welcome to a look back on my February!
I’ve had something of a wr...
March 2, 2025
Open Book Blog Hop – 3rd March 2025
Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!
Today’s topic is: If you had to become one of your characters, which one would you choose?
Remember to visit my fellow writers to see what they have created. You can find their works here!
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