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December 12, 2012
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop
As part of ‘The Next Big Thing Blog Hop,’ I was tagged by the delightful, and much talented, Baxter Clare Trautman. The purpose of this hop is to expose you to writers and their work that you might not have heard of before. According to the rules of the hop, I’ve answered some questions below about my latest WIP, which are the same questions each Blog Hopper is answering. Other authors will be doing the same thing on successive Wednesdays, on their blogs. So watch out for more. What is the working title of your book? Jane Ayre it’s a WIP started during NaNoWriMo, this November. Where did the idea come from, for the book? It came out of a weird dream I had…
November 13, 2012
Book Review
Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell Just finished writing up my 5-star reviewed for, Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell, which is a fabulous mix of science fiction, meets steampunk set in an alternative history timeline. Throw in a likeable cast of characters criss-crossing Europe in Zeppelins of the future, a cigar-chomping talking Macaque who flies Spitfires in a world populated by black-garbbed ninja nazis, and you have the ingredients for an off-beat, fast-paced, rollicking good read. But don’t take my word for it. Go grab yourself a copy, and find out for yourself!
October 24, 2012
Quotable Quotes
A human being should be able to do all this and more. . . change a nappy butcher a pig conn a ship design a building write a sonnet balance accounts set a bone comfort the dying build a wall take orders give orders act alone cooperate solve equations analyze a new problem pitch manure cook a tasty meal program a computer fight efficiently, and die gallantly! — Robert A. Heinlein
October 17, 2012
Literal Writers
I saw this statement “He could almost literally smell a lie” in a well-known author’s tweet this morning. Yes, I know, it seems straightforward enough, even innocuous. But once again, literally is being used in the wrong context. The statement can be one or the other, not both. “He could almost smell a lie” meaning he couldn’t actually smell a lie, as we all know, that’s physically impossible. To qualify the statement with ‘literally,’ in this instance, the author is trying to infer that, anatomy notwithstanding, the character has the physical ability to smell out a lie. Something we, as humans, are literally not built to do. Please, writers, stop with the ‘literal’, I’m literally going bananas over its literal misuse.
October 3, 2012
My Rule[s] for Writing
There is, in my book [pun intended], only one rule for writing and that is, to write. Write like there’s no tomorrow, write like your life depends on it, write as if your brain will explode if you don’t. Write with all your heart and soul. Write till you feel drained and empty, don’t stop for anything, and never look back. Write till your fingers bleed or you go blind. But write. There’s no other way to do it!
August 27, 2012
Crime Pays…Sometimes!
Top Female Mystery/Crime Writers I noted that the Huffington Post had run a piece today about who they considered their top female mystery/crime authors of all time. But, not having read some of the authors they mentioned, I decided to do my own version of the list, below, especially given they didn’t include some of my own personal favourite authors. My Top Ten: 1. Agatha Christie 2. Laurie R. King 3. Lynda La Plante 4. Louise Penny 5. Tess Gerritsen 6. Sara Paretsky 7. Kathy Reichs 8. Val McDermid 9. Laura Lippman 10. Karin Slaughter Meanwhile… The established: Sue Grafton Ruth Rendall Dorothy L. Sayers P. D. James Patricia Highsmith Rita Mae Brown Patricia Cornwell Janet Evanovich And, the emergent:…
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