So, I keep my promises and said I’d blog a bit about my process of writing a new book, so here goes. Everyone will have their own process of course, and every book is different, but when I have a new idea, my most common …
Read MoreScenes that just don’t fit
I just wanted to mention the setting and background for a scene which I’ve wanted to put into four different stories now, but sadly it just doesn’t seem to fit with them so has never been used. I tried to find a way of using …
Read MoreWorks in Progress
In the Twittyverse authors often talks about their current work in progress (WIP), but I find that a really difficult one to answer, as it really depends on the day of the week, or even hour of the day. When I came back to organise …
Read MoreShow Me the Money
This is something fellow writers must ask themselves as I did. How much should I spend on my writing? First tip, by no means innovative or shocking to say, but don’t use Vanity Publishing. Simple. These days if all you want is a good looking …
Read MoreThe Mock Song – John Wilmot Earl of Rochester
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50453/the-mock-song You may not know John Wilmot’s work, and he’s probably best known today for his crudity, but writers as diverse as Aphra Behn, Voltaire, Hazlitt and Germaine Greer all found something unique and admirable in this arch satirist, and his contemporary translations of the …
Read MoreDisconcerting
We seem to have a short series of less than chirpy blogs here, but as this series of posts is following me on my writing journey (like an Albatross stalker with a hard-on and a thought about how my eyeballs might taste) I guess that …
Read MoreHonesty
In the spirit of openness, I should relate to you one of my (many) lessons from writing, and a bitter pill to swallow, that, shoch horror, some of what I write simply isn’t good enough. It was looking for places to submit short stories that …
Read MoreNotes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
One of the advantages of working in a bookshop is that you’re exposed to all sorts of publications, and soon get to know which are popular. Way back in the mists of time I started with Bill Bryson, and was delighted by what I found. …
Read MoreAbsence
Sorry I’ve been away for a few days. Did you miss me? I heard that muttered ‘No’ at the back. See me after School. Just a few things that needed doing elsewhere but I’m back now. Posts to follow soon. Stay safe Kit
Read MoreBook Cover -alternative version
In my earlier attempts at books, I tried to create covers myself. Now this may come as a shock to you, but I’m not a graphic designer, typesetter, photographer or artist. I know, it surprised me too, but the process of learning book cover composition, …
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