My previous posting of ‘Reservoir Blogs #1’ came to me while running through the slushy mud around one of Northamptonshire’s most important water sources, hence its title, so how better to get through the post-Christmas inertia of writing, or not-writing, a sequel to my novel The Typewriterists than by jogging once again on those sameContinue reading “Reservoir Blogs #2 – How Hard Can It Be To Write The Sequel?”
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Reservoir Blogs #1 – With Guest Editor, David N. Martin
‘Reservoir Blogs #1’ came to me while running through the slushy mud around one of Northamptonshire’s most important water sources, hence the title of this post: my ‘Reservoir Jogs’ shall henceforth be known as the ‘Reservoir Blogs’. (Yes, that’s as good as the puns are going to get. But no, that’s not me running. IContinue reading “Reservoir Blogs #1 – With Guest Editor, David N. Martin”
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”
A Question of Tense
OK, now getting close to the end of Week One of the book edit. I’ve hit all the 6 a.m. mornings, so feeling quite proud of myself. However, the problem of voice and style, and in particular tense have been troubling me much. I have four narrators and they refuse to stick to one timeContinue reading “A Question of Tense”
