Stuart Aken's Blog, page 139

How Do You Deal with Non-Creative #Stress?

As artists, craftspeople, creators, we all have interruptions to our creative lives from time to time. How do we deal with such intrusions? I’ve been battling…

Independence: Two Democracies: Revolution, by Alasdair Shaw: #BookReview.

Science Fiction 6,000 words This free short story is a taster for what is currently a four-book series. In that role, it works well, drawing the…

#Free #Ebooks from 3rd to 9th March

I’m taking part in the Smashwords Read an Ebook Week by discounting all my books on the site to make them free! The deal lasts from…

Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated

The time has come round, and I’m a little late (been a little buried by events outside my control)! Still, here’s your monthly reminder that the…

The #Write #Word? Post 60 (Final)

This is the final post in this series, which has dealt with words as Synonyms, Antonyms, Contronyms, Adverbs, Clichés, Redundancies, Plain-Language Alternatives for Wordy Phrases, Untranslatable…

Unseasonal Weather: a #Poem

Unseasonal Weather But one month of the year complete and the next is almost done Where is the wet the chill the flakes of seasonal snow…

Halfway to the Stars, by Marcy Sheiner: #BookReview.

Fiction/Transgressional Fiction 97,610 words It appears I downloaded this book, through Smashwords, in 2014 and then completely forgot about it. I discovered it whilst tidying files…

The #Write #Word? Post 59

In your writing, do you sometimes have problems discovering the ‘right’ word? I do. In trying to improve my own work, maybe I can help you.…

Customer Choice: Really?

I’ve had a frustrating few days, so I’ve been a little prone to irritation. As the current Chair of a local charity I’ve been dealing with…

The #Write #Word? Post 58

In your writing, do you sometimes have problems discovering the ‘right’ word? I do. In trying to improve my own work, maybe I can help you.…