Just before I begin my winter’s hibernation (I’m planning a lock down in January to draft my next novel), I feel obliged to try to recreate the success of my ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ blog-blitz of 2014. Last week, I was going through my folders of dead books and found something I began as aContinue reading “The Story for Christmas 2015”
Category Archives: The Arts
Go Set A Watchman – my impression
I thought I’d better write down my impressions of ‘Go Set A Watchman’, since I made such a fuss about grabbing it and reading it on its first day of release. There will be a few things in the next few paragraphs that come close to being plot spoilers, but I’ll try to avoid beingContinue reading “Go Set A Watchman – my impression”
A Surreal Little Easter Story
My bone china coffee cup sank through the breakfast table. Strange when you see it: the lack of resistance; wood veneer a thick syrup. It lasted just a moment, but the cup had submerged to the handle when the world pulled solid again, a listing little boat caught between a tomato ketchup buoy and theContinue reading “A Surreal Little Easter Story”
Six Indispensible Things You’ll Need to be a ‘Pro’ Writer
After years of research, I finally have a definitive list: 1) A word processor. Apple is preferred, but Windows and Linux based options make you look like you’ve suffered for your art, rather than been gifted a fifteen hundred quid PC. Whether you buy it, get given it or nick it, no writer can liveContinue reading “Six Indispensible Things You’ll Need to be a ‘Pro’ Writer”
Writing The Damn Synopsis!
I’ve been quiet for a while, trying to finish the first draft of my novel, almost dreading the moment it would be finished, because then – like all novelists- I face that dreaded Armageddon of Self-Belief when I have to write the synopsis. Many would say I’m now returning to the blog only because IContinue reading “Writing The Damn Synopsis!”
