Stuart Aken's Blog, page 151
June 1, 2018
Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated
Here’s your monthly reminder that the writing contest table has been updated. It lives under the ‘Resources’ tab. The table went through a period of corruption,…
May 30, 2018
Progress on the WIP: #SciFi in the Making.
Now the WIP is with the publisher, and I’m awaiting the response, the result of their edit, the cover and design suggestions, I thought I’d review…
May 25, 2018
The #Write #Word? Post 20
Sometimes struggle to find the ‘right’ word for your writing? I do. Maybe, in trying to improve my own work, I can help other writers. Today’s…
May 24, 2018
Greek Mythology, by in60Learning.com: #BookReview.
Subtitled ‘Beyond Mount Olympus’, this small book is a short introduction to the broad and complex area of the Greek Myths. A bold undertaking to attempt…
May 23, 2018
Progress on the WIP: #SciFi in the Making.
Well, that’s it! The book is with my publisher. At 67,269 words, it’s the shortest of my novels. But it’ll be a damned good read (not…
May 18, 2018
The #Write #Word? Post 19
Sometimes struggle to find the ‘right’ word for your writing? I do. Maybe, in trying to improve my own work, I can help other writers. Today’s…
May 16, 2018
Progress on the WIP: #SciFi in the Making.
Six chapters to go, and the MS stands at 68,660 words, a record low word count for one of my novels! Thursday, I was driven to…
The QI Book of General Ignorance, by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson: #BookReview.
393 pps Humour/Puzzles & Games/ Subtitled ‘The Noticeably Stouter Edition’, this book of humorously presented erudition is a gem. Clearly, a book to be dipped into,…
May 14, 2018
Simon Says, by Rachel McClellan: #BookReview.
A truly gothic and demonic horror story. The narrator’s voice carries all the bile, disapproval, confidence and uncertainty of the youth well. This is a short…
May 13, 2018
A Better Ten Commandments, by James Miller: #BookReview.
This is both a self-improvement and inspirational book with a very real difference. That difference is crucial. James Miller is a man on a mission. A…
