C.C. Humphreys's Blog
June 4, 2018
How and why I self-published my new novel: Part One
So it is happening. Tomorrow my sixteenth novel is published – an idea I still cannot quite comprehend. Sixteen? Where did all those words come from? When and how did I pluck such stories from the air and set them … Continue reading →
May 29, 2018
Smuggler. Smoker. Aviatrix. Thief: The double life of Roxy Loewen. (It’s a publishing thing!)
The Double Life of Roxy Loewen by C C Humphreys See those Dames above? Except they ain’t… dames. She’s one dame. Cleaned up nice… or taking to the skies. Which one do you prefer? I like ’em … Continue reading →
August 12, 2017
C.C. Humphreys’ keynote poem at When Words Collide #wwcyyc17
Hello Members of the Tribe! Several of you have asked for a transcript of the poem/doggerel I spouted at the keynotes yesterday. Here ’tis: We are the genre novelists, fiction is our game, We do not write for fortunes, we … Continue reading →
January 31, 2017
Shakespeare Goes Electric: The adventures of two old thespians in the Gulf Islands
It began with a phone conversation with my old mate, Neil Dickson. He in LA, me on Salt Spring Island. We’d appeared in a 1985 mini series together: AD-Anno Domini, a Biblical-Roman epic. Stayed friends and saw each other over … Continue reading →
July 5, 2016
TOUCHSTONE TUESDAYS 7: The Make Up Box
Hello All! And sorry for the week’s delay. I got a touch distracted by my mad decision to both direct and act in ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ on Salt Spring Island, where I live. We opened last week – went … Continue reading →
June 21, 2016
TOUCHSTONE TUESDAYS 6: He Who Lives By The Sword!
If Toy Soldiers were my youthful passion (Read ‘Touchstone Tuesday 5’, below), the sword is my lifetime one. My mother always said she felt that I was born with a sword in my hand – which must have been rather … Continue reading →
June 14, 2016
TOUCHSTONE TUESDAY 5: Toy Soldiers
Welcome back to Touchstone Tuesdays. My attempt to blog consistently by writing about the objects I treasure and that I keep around me in my writing hut. Today: my Toy Soldiers It will probably not surprise my readers to learn … Continue reading →
June 6, 2016
TOUCHSTONE TUESDAY: The Walls of Constantinople
There are touchstones you find, like my sea shell. There are those you make, like the sling shot. Those you buy, like the shepherd’s crook. And then there are those that are used to attack you. Welcome again, to Touchstone … Continue reading →
May 30, 2016
TOUCHSTONE TUESDAY: The Shepherd’s Crook
Welcome again to ‘Touchstone Tuesday’. When I started writing this series, I thought it was a useful way of focusing on task: to blog consistently. All advice manuals tell you that regularity is the key. Yet in sitting down and … Continue reading →
May 24, 2016
TOUCHSTONE TUESDAY No. 2: The Shell
In which the author rambles on about the objects – touchstones – that surround him in his writing hut. Of the many touchstones I will write about on TOUCHSTONE TUESDAYS this one would definitely make Top Five in ‘Things I … Continue reading →
