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August 11, 2016
My New Kindle has Arrived!
My old Kindle expired a while back. I replaced the experience with my iPad, but that entails reading from a backlit screen, which isn’t comfortable over long periods, and it’s pretty poor in bright sunshine. So, I took the plunge, removed the padlock from my wallet, and shelled out for a new eReader. Whilst I […]
August 9, 2016
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #36
This series aims to help authors express the full meaning and emotional content of their fiction. As writers, we seek to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror, inflame their passions. This set of posts examines how we might influence mood, illustrating how word choice and […]
August 7, 2016
Progress on the WIP: SciFi in the Making.
The end of the week and the MS stands at 96,327, which is an increase of 3,910 words. That’ll reduce as I get further into the editing, as I’m aware of certain passages I’ve repeated. I’ve already got 33,785 words edited for my beta reader and she’s started her examination. As usual, she’s found […]
FantastiCon 2016: A Convention with Added Bite!
The annual SF/Fantasy/Gaming/Cosplay/Music event FantastiCon 2016, will take place on 19th & 20th November at the Guildhall in Hull UK! Why am I telling you this? Because I’ll be there! Signing books, socialising, meeting readers and possibly doing a reading (TBA). I’d love to meet you there. This is the third year of this convention […]
August 6, 2016
Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated
This is just to let you know I’m changing this regular reminder from weekly to monthly, but the table will still be updated regularly and will therefore appear as up to date as possible for you. The weekly reminder was not only rather time consuming, but a slight irritation to those readers not interested in […]
August 5, 2016
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #35
This series aims to help authors express the full meaning and emotional content of their fiction. As writers, we seek to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror, inflame their passions. This set of posts examines how we might influence mood, illustrating how word choice and […]
August 2, 2016
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #34
This series aims to help authors express the full meaning and emotional content of their fiction. As writers, we seek to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror, inflame their passions. This set of posts examines how we might influence mood, illustrating how word choice and […]
July 31, 2016
Progress on the WIP: SciFi in the Making.
The end of another week, and the 2nd rewrite is complete at 92,417 words, which is an increase of 1,159: the total is supposed to diminish when you’re editing! No matter. I had a brief online chat with my publisher this week and sent him the synopsis. We’ve decided on a deadline for completion, […]
July 30, 2016
Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated
Yesterday was Friday, again! It keeps coming every week, apparently. I should have issued this reminder then, but the WIP is keeping me particularly engaged at present: crucial stage, of which more tomorrow. So, sorry for the delay. How about I do this once a month? That should keep the contestants happy and stop […]
July 29, 2016
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #33
This series aims to help authors express the full meaning and emotional content of their fiction. As writers, we seek to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror, inflame their passions. This set of posts examines how we might influence mood, illustrating how word choice and […]
