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The Plan: May 2013

And another month bites the dust! April felt like it flew by for me and March too (I know it’s been two months since I did one of these) I got up to all sorts in the last two months, most notably I finished the first draft of Sherdan’s Legacy so that has now entered [...]

How to Make a Hand-Bound Book: Part 1

I have been making hand-written and hand-bound version of some of my stories lately to both sell and giveaway as prizes. I thought I’d run through how I do it so others can follow suit. The first part is finding the right paper. For the latest one I made I bought parchment paper in A4 [...]

The Tourist: A Review

I finally succumbed and checked out what was meant to be one of the worst Johnny Depp movies of all time. I wasn’t totally thrilled when I heard the news Depp and Jolie were going to be working together. They’re both pretty amazing in the sorts of films they normally do together and I just [...]

Location Spotlight: Southstoke

In Sherdan’s Prophecy I mention that Sherdan and Anya head to a small village off the south of Bath to enjoy a picnic together, this village is Southstoke. During the book I happen to mention they sit down on the ground in front of a stone bench, set into the hillside. The picture above is [...]

The Palaver Tree: A Review

I grabbed this book a few months ago and offered to review it for the author, so here’s what I thought. I’m so glad I picked up the book. Really so glad. Other than the setting of this book I’m not sure the cover and title quite do this book justice. This is one of [...]

Writer’s block

I’ve been asked quite a few times what I think of writer’s block and how often I get it so I thought I’d post about it on my blog. I don’t actually believe in writer’s block as such. I actually just think one of two things happens. We either get worn out creatively and need [...]

The Invention of Lying: A Review

This was one of those films I wasn’t sure about watching when I saw the trailors. I’m just not sure they quite sold what the film really was, but when I noticed it was being shown on TV I thought it would be worth a viewing. This was a funny film, as to be expected [...]

Character Spotlight: Bronwen

I thought I’d spice up my sharing blogs a bit. For ages they’ve been excerpts from my books or other creative endeavours. I’ve never really written anything especially for these blogs, just showcased something I’d already made. I’d like to try something new in every other sharing blog, so once every 24 days roughly I [...]

Good, Clean, Murder: A Review

I’ve read a couple of books by this author and when I saw she was releasing another book I just had to pick this one up and help support her launch. I picked this book up in the morning and didn’t put it down again, except to fix some breakfast, until I’d read the whole [...]

Learning the Craft of Writing

A lot of people start out on  the journey of writing a book and never finish and I’ve talked about the things I often do to help myself finish the things I start, but today I want to talk about the next stage. Often when the very first story is finished it’s not that great, [...]