Stuart Aken's Blog, page 140
January 29, 2019
#Readers, #BookReviews, #Bookbloggers.
Do you read? Love books? I love readers; you’re my raison d’etre as a writer, the reason I write stories. So, I want more. One of…
January 27, 2019
Conclusions from a Brief Experiment.
Last Sunday, I started an experiment on Twitter. Basically, I decided not to go onto the site for a week. I would still use ‘share’ buttons…
Cocktails with a Dead Man, by Joe Albanese: #BookReview.
106 pages Poetry This is a mix of the intensely personal, regarding love and its outcomes; the general as it relates to writers a group; and…
January 26, 2019
The Verona Exchange, by Lauren B. Grossman and Bernard Jaroslow: #BookReview.
242 Pages Thriller/Mystery I picked up a copy of this book, as I’d enjoyed Lauren B. Grossman’s first in the series, The Golden Peacock. That dealt…
January 25, 2019
The #Write #Word? Post 55
When writing, do you have problems discovering the ‘right’ word? I do, sometimes. In trying to improve my own work, perhaps I can help others. Today’s…
January 23, 2019
A #Poem on a Social Evil.
An illustrative poem for your amusement. Pyramid Selling I who squat atop the all too ready fools who mass beneath my banner of false promises my…
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin: #BookReview.
304 pages Children’s/Science Fiction and Fantasy It may seem like an odd time of life to be reading children’s literature. In my defence, I bought this…
January 21, 2019
A Protest Poem.
Are You Proud of Your Record to Date Mrs May? Are you proud of your record to date Mrs May Are you proud of the men…
January 20, 2019
A Brief Experiment
Procrastination is probably the writer’s greatest hidden enemy. Most of us unconsciously employ strategies designed to stop us putting pen to paper and getting on with…
January 18, 2019
The #Write #Word? Post 54
When writing, do you find it hard to discover the ‘right’ word? I do, sometimes. In trying to improve my own work, perhaps I can help…
