One of my major flaws is that I’m over eager, and that when I get a good idea I just want to get on and do it. In some ways this is a good thing, and keeps me motivated and moving, in others it can …
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So for any of you wanting to guide my fate, make me suffer, or inspired to follow the process of writing from beginning to bitter end, the poll is now open at https://kitderrick.com/short-fictions/ (bottom of the page) to see which novel you’d like me to …
Read More‘Read Aloud’ function in Word
This revelation and discovery I can’t claim for myself, it was suggested to me by a reviewer but has made a massive difference to my writing, and is possible the biggest (free) help I’ve found. It may sound blindingly obvious, but it’s an option I’d …
Read MoreWriting
So, after the overwhelming (ahem) response to my offer of a series of blogposts on the writing process, I came to two conclusions. First, on reflection, there’s hundreds of those buggers out there, and while my insights and truthful and thrilling journey might be unique, …
Read MoreBluebird – Charles Bukowski
A bit of an unusual one here, I’m going to recomment you follow a link and listen and watch a reading of Bluebird, as this is a work best enjoyed performed I think, like much of Bukowski’s. You can get a huge amount from it …
Read MoreHow to write and publish a book
So, a few people have asked me what my blog is about, and beyond “writing” it’s a challenge to describe, but posts fall into four basic categories; news and releases, influences on my writing/recommendations, influences on me/my thoughts, and the writing process. So I had …
Read MoreAuthor Page
You can now find my author page on Amazon, and I’m so proud (pats self on the head) so do keep an eye out for new things there. As my first book is live now, I thought I’d let you know a little secret. Man …
Read MoreThe Trigan Empire – Don Lawrence (Art) Mike Butterworth (story)
Just a short ‘recommends’ today. I know some purists might not think of graphic novels as ‘art’, but they inspire and take you to a different world, and the best will remain classics forever. This wonderful drawn series (recently republished in anthology form) originally appeared …
Read MorePointless Diversity
See what I did there? I hold my hands up to using a sneaky attention-grabbing title but don’t worry, it isn’t actually misleading. Much. While this post doesn’t make my separate influences webpage as it hasn’t impacted my own writing specifically, my thoughts today are …
Read MoreMan in the Bath – Launch Day!
Well it’s finally here, after many months of work (and technically, this book began in 2007!) Man in the Bath is available from Amazon from today, free to download for he next five days! Click here to go to the download page. Please do download …
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