R.N. Morris's Blog, page 3
February 2, 2023
What’s this? A bloody blog post?
First of all, an apology. I’m sorry it’s been so long since I blogged. And second of all, another apology. I’m sorry I’ve started blogging again. But I do have news, so I thought maybe I should resurrect the old bloody blog. What news? Basically, free books. And very cheap books. And more free books. …
January 6, 2022
Animated discourse
I’ve long been fascinated by animation. The idea of someone’s drawings coming to life has always seemed very powerful to me – an incredibly direct form of creativity. When I was younger, I tried my hand at it the old fashioned way – creating minutely different images on paper or cells to photograph frame by …
April 29, 2021
Paperback Writer…
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? It’s a dark, twisty story about a man named Quinn And I need a job, So I want to be a paperback writer…. Paperback writer! (With apologies to the Beatles) Summon Up The Blood is …
March 1, 2021
A new review of Fortune’s Hand.
Every now and then a review comes along that makes you think you’re not entirely wasting your time. There are readers out there who get what you’re trying to do and respond enthusiastically to it. One of those is Ellie Hawkes, who has just posted her review of Fortune’s Hand on her blog, Elspells. All …
December 5, 2020
A Christmas excerpt from Fortune’s Hand (1)
The Palace of Whitehall is all decked out in green, hung with sprigs of holly, ivy, spruce and pine. A resinous scent conjures forth the forest in its wintergreen glory. As if the forest has brought itself inside for us. And the hunting scenes depicted on the hanging tapestries are in the process of coming …
December 1, 2020
Sometimes you find something nice
It’s great to be a published writer, having your work out there in the public domain for people to discover. Sometimes people who have discovered your work take the time to say what they think about it. Either in an amazon or Goodreads review, or on their own blog. Occasionally I put my writing name …
November 23, 2020
Taking Comfort Take 2
Those wonderful people at Sharpe Books have reissued my 2006 novel Taking Comfort as an ebook, giving it brand new cover, which I love. Taking Comfort was my first published novel, so it holds a special place in my affections. Rereading it for the new edition was an interesting experience. I was surprised how well …
November 2, 2020
Once upon a time in St Petersburg…
Once upon a time I wrote four novels set in Russia in the nineteenth century. Not only that, I stole my main character from one of the masterpieces of world literature. What was I thinking? I blame my agent, who said ‘That could work’ when I pitched the idea of writing ONE book featuring the investigating …
October 30, 2020
Virtual Reading
I can’t get out there to do in person events, so I decided to do a virtual reading for my novel, Fortune’s Hand.
October 11, 2020
Thinking about history and myth-story
I’ve spent the last few weeks writing posts and articles about Walter Raleigh to help promote my novel Fortune’s Hand. The first of them have started to appear. My thanks to all those who have agreed to host my musings. Here’s one on Heidi Malagisi’s blog. And another on Tony Riches’ blog.
