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Progress on the WIP: #SciFi in the Making

Sometimes, life throws up incidents and events that cause a touch of disruption to intentions. The last couple of weeks have been full of such things;…

I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai: #BookReview.

A truly remarkable piece of work by a truly remarkable young woman. Malala Yousafzai has produced a memoir that’s so much more than mere autobiography. Anyone…

EPANALEPSIS POETRY (NEW FORM)?

Originally posted on Mick E Talbot Poems:
EPANALEPSI ? I think I might have created a new form of poetry? If I have then my gratitude…

Looking for the Best Word? Tip #60

    A series of posts for all word lovers. Offering help for writers and language learners, these posts look at many different aspects of the…

Fires, by Tom Ward: #BookReview.

This thriller, set in a steel city in the UK, treats fire almost as one of its characters. After the opening, in which we meet the…

Inside Moves, by Walter Danley: #BookReview.

Inside Moves is a thriller with elements that occasionally lift it above the usual formulaic presentation of such books. Starting with a climatic event, the book…

Progress on the WIP: #SciFi in the Making.

Ah, progress! What a fine thing that would be, were it possible. But, fear not, it will eventually be reality. At present, I’m suffering a strange…

Shadeward: Exoneration, by Drew Wagar: #BookReview.

Shadeward: Exoneration, by imaginative science fiction writer, Drew Wagar, is a continuation of the story begun in ‘Shadeward: Emanation’. If you haven’t read that book, I…

Sons of the Crystal Mind, by Andrew Wallace: #BookReview.

Set on an almost unrecognisable Earth in a distant future, this novel deals with the perils of unregulated capitalism as it is allowed run rampant through…

Storm of Attraction, by Lily Black: #BookReview.

Storm of Attraction is a romantic thriller with an understandable bias in favour of female readers. After all, most romance readers are women. As a mature…