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Book Review - Ice Angel by Elizabeth Hanbury
It's so great to get back to blogging!
Read my review here:-
Ice Angel
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Read my review here:-
Ice Angel
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Paranormal Haunts #2 - Baddesley Clinton
In 1438, John Brome, the Under-Treasurer of England, purchased the manor house. It later passed to his son, Nicholas, who is thought to have built the east range of the property, which is the main entrance. Nicholas is also responsible for the extensive rebuilding of the nearby parish church dedicated to Saint Michael, done as penance for killing the parish priest, a murder reputed to have taken place in the great house itself.
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ALS Bucket Challenge and last chance to WIN a book!
Get yourself over to The Write Thought to see how my ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went, and also details of not one but TWO giveaways.
The GoodReads Giveaways for Dark Winter: The Wicca Circle, and Stormling, end tomorrow 29th August. So get to it and WIN!
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The GoodReads Giveaways for Dark Winter: The Wicca Circle, and Stormling, end tomorrow 29th August. So get to it and WIN!
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Weekend Writing Workshop #1: My Tips for Writing and Getting That Book Written - Part One
I remember an interview on Michael Parkinson's long running chat show where he interviewed Sir Anthony Hopkins.
MP: So how did you get into acting?
AH: By accident, really.
What did he mean by that? Surely someone as good an actor as Anthony Hopkins, who I first saw in The Elephant Man, later, The Silence of the Lambs, and understated but beautiful films like The Remains of the Day, would not have fallen into acting by accident? Yet, that is what he said on the show.
It's true that I've always enjoyed reading and writing. But my start - the actual beginning of getting something down that would end up in a book, was slightly accidental.
As a martial arts teacher, I often scribble down notes outside of the syllabus I am actually teaching. The notes would run and run. It grew legs, you might say. And the first book was created some two years after I finished my scribbles.
So maybe I started by accident, but the basics were always there. I liked reading and exploring new worlds. That's what a book is - an unchartered world and especially so if it is a new author.
So here are some of my tips for writing and getting the book done. I cannot stress the latter part enough, because if it remains as a file on your computer, that's what it will remain. At some point, let it go.
Read the tips and more at The Write Thought!
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MP: So how did you get into acting?
AH: By accident, really.
What did he mean by that? Surely someone as good an actor as Anthony Hopkins, who I first saw in The Elephant Man, later, The Silence of the Lambs, and understated but beautiful films like The Remains of the Day, would not have fallen into acting by accident? Yet, that is what he said on the show.
It's true that I've always enjoyed reading and writing. But my start - the actual beginning of getting something down that would end up in a book, was slightly accidental.
As a martial arts teacher, I often scribble down notes outside of the syllabus I am actually teaching. The notes would run and run. It grew legs, you might say. And the first book was created some two years after I finished my scribbles.
So maybe I started by accident, but the basics were always there. I liked reading and exploring new worlds. That's what a book is - an unchartered world and especially so if it is a new author.
So here are some of my tips for writing and getting the book done. I cannot stress the latter part enough, because if it remains as a file on your computer, that's what it will remain. At some point, let it go.
Read the tips and more at The Write Thought!
http://johnhennessybooks.blogspot.co....
Beat Your Writing Worries!
get over to my blog @ The Write Thought for how I overcome some of my worries and beat the 'no-writing' hoodoo!
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