Hello        A bit more muttering. Well, this is the anniversary post. The website has been live for a whole year, and seems to have been completely invisible to folks apart from hackers and scammers. Ah well, will plod on regardless, at least the Pinterest boards have had a tiny bit of interest. I’m still working… Continue reading Blog Twelve

Hello         A few more mutterings. The views relating to ‘Show, don’t tell’ rage on. It is an old topic but discussion seems to renew as soon as somebody mentions it. As a new author, naturally I’m interested. The latest view passed my way advocates both. What? Yep, the notion from Jericho Writers indicates you should… Continue reading Blog Eleven

Hello      More mutterings on writing topics. The advice to ‘Show, don’t tell’ contains the word ‘show’. The immediate characteristic that springs to mind, therefore, is visual. If you show something to another person, they will ‘look’. So, as a writer, you describe how something appears, paint an image, present a picture, using visual stimuli –… Continue reading Blog Ten

Hello       Some more mutterings from me. Dione 2 is finished! Yay! Have now started the editing processes slash proofreading. Yet again, the advice overload is almost overwhelming. I have now begun to see contradictions, notably with the ‘show, don’t tell’ doctrine. I have come across a – ‘however, sometimes it is okay to tell’… Duh.… Continue reading Blog Nine

Hello      More frustrated mutterings from me. I am a new author, so by definition, I start off from a lofty position of complete and utter ignorance. However, I have been immersed in the learning profession all my working life. I am also a prolific reader. But writing involves a whole new arena of so-called ‘rules’,… Continue reading Blog Eight

Hello      Some limited mutterings, haven’t got much to say this month. More progress is being made with Dione 2, I need to do some research on quadbikes for a scene. Have already discovered what ‘mudding’ is, looks like huge fun, will include that aspect. Needless to say, the instructor has to be a sexy, curvy… Continue reading Blog Seven

Hello      Mutterings time again. Upon choosing the genre to write for, I undertook obvious research. The ‘How To’ books I started with provided a suggested reading list, which I dutifully went through. I both narrowed and widened the scope of the sub-genres, trying to see if I could establish a style. I took notice of… Continue reading Blog Six

Hello    More mutterings again. Have come up against the closed mind syndrome: people whose opinion I would have liked regarding the book – The Dione Conquests – have shown their disdain for the genre. I quizzed Lucy Felthouse on the issue and her considered response made a difference to the tinge of humiliation I experienced.… Continue reading Blog Five

Hello   More mutterings time again. Finally received a printed version of the book, well chuffed, but I’ll have to pay closer attention to page borders – the text is a bit close to the page edge. It’s still very cool to hold a real three-dimensional version of what you have put so much energy towards.… Continue reading Blog Four

Hello Time for some more mutterings. Well, I’ve managed it, the short story and the novel are both live on Amazon as eBooks, and a print of the novel – The Dione Conquests – is under way, I am waiting for an author copy. What an interesting experience, Amazon actually make the process very easy.… Continue reading Blog Three