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April 19, 2016
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #4
Do you want to inspire readers with joy, arouse their fear, romance them with love, or does your story need the reader to sink into despair along with your protagonist? This set of posts looks at ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ words for the job. I started out this series with the […]
A Walk in the PuzzleWood from the Movies.
Valerie and I have often wondered about a place called Puzzlewood that lies just outside the Forest of Dean about 5 miles from our home. We decided to give the place a visit for her birthday, yesterday. It has been used as a location for scenes in Dr Who, Merlin, Arthur, Starwars and is considered […]
April 16, 2016
Can’t Keep Up? 7 Brilliant Ways To Finish Your Story
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Image via Flickr Creative Commons courtesy of Pedro Travassos Today we have a special treat from Dr John Yeoman, PhD Creative Writing. He’s going to give us some ways to tackle one of the biggest problems plaguing writers—the inability to finish what we start. *gets popcorn* Take it…
Image via Flickr Creative Commons courtesy of Pedro Travassos Today we have a special treat from Dr John Yeoman, PhD Creative Writing. He’s going to give us some ways to tackle one of the biggest problems plaguing writers—the inability to finish what we start. *gets popcorn* Take it…
April 15, 2016
Searching for the Right Word? Tip #3
Do you want to inspire readers with joy, arouse fear, romance with love, or does your story need the reader to sink into despair along with your protagonist? This set of posts looks at ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ words for the job. Delicate Delicate is an adjective with many subtly different […]
Creative #Writing #Contests Page Updated
This week’s reminder that I’ve updated the contest table. Get your entries in early and see if you can gain some cash and kudos for your writing. The table updates each time I ‘save’ to the table; whenever you visit the page, it will be as up to date as it is on my home […]
April 12, 2016
Searching for the Right Word? Tip #2
Do you want to inspire readers with joy, arouse fear, romance with love, or does your story need the reader to sink into despair along with your protagonist? This set of posts looks at ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ words for the job. Abundance: Listed in Roget’s under the header, Productiveness (noun), […]
April 9, 2016
How We’ll Live on Mars, by Stephen Petranek, Reviewed.
There are times when a book comes into our lives at an appropriate moment. This was one such for me. I’d just spent a few days reviewing the research I’d been doing for a science fiction novel set on Mars. Amongst the websites I’d downloaded to consult on technical issues, I found references to this […]
April 8, 2016
Creative #Writing #Contests Page Updated
Here’s this week’s reminder that I’ve updated the contest table. Get your entries in early and see if you can gain some cash and kudos for your writing. The table updates each time I ‘save’ to the table; whenever you visit the page, it will be as up to date as it is on my […]
Searching for the Right Word? Tip #1
In this series of posts, I’m looking at how certain words can influence readers. Do you want to inspire with joy, encourage fear, romance with love, or does your story now need the reader to sink into despair along with your protagonist? This set of posts will look at ways of influencing mood by selecting […]
A Shackled Inheritance, by Madeleine McDonald, Reviewed.
Romance in the days of slavery, set in the West Indies, is here given a treatment that’s both thoughtful and inspirational. This is a tale of love against the odds. Two young people thrown together by circumstance are trying to deal with differences in outlook based on their individual ignorance and prejudices. And the threat […]
