Author and Renaissance wannabe
Bit of a cheat this one, as in terms of influence my choice probably encompasses several bits of music together, and it could easily have been one of the others listed, but I’ll come to that in a moment. Everyone has songs that mean something …
Read MoreI’m going to keep writing these posts of course, but sometimes, like today, it’s so disconcerting looking at viewing figures (I know I shouldn’t does me no good) and which part of the site people look at. If you enjoy reading these, even occasionally, would …
Read MoreWell that was interesting, a couple of pages written for Nick and a couple from Martin, neither finished yet but brought out all sorts of useful ideas. Nick (hubby) told me his in the form of a magazine relationship questionnaire, Martin (the bit on the …
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As I’ve previously mentioned some of the things that originally got me addicted to reading (see Rupert blogpost) there also has to be an honourable shout out for the ‘Mark Fox’ books by Michael Hardcastle. Men of a certain vintage (they were written very much …
Read MoreHaving read back what I have so far, I’ve given myself a bit of a dilemma. I think Martin (is ‘affairee’ a word?) needs to be charming, cheeky and appealing, but should he be the villain based on his behaviour when younger at University? I’m …
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What an unexpected evening! Being slightly grumpy from the mild achyness of my second jab (and a little disappointed they didn’t give me a lollipop) I was genuinely excited to hit 40 followers on Twitter, so did a little tweet about that. Bugger me, all …
Read MoreBecause I don’t want to get ahead of myself, I note a few things I need to research, as a reminder, realistic costs and contemporary references, and some details on calorific intakes. I’d decided early on this would be a quirk for Tiffany in her …
Read MoreI now have Tiffany born in 1968, at University in 1986, the fateful brief encounter in 2000, and Chloe naturally being born in 2002, after the affair is over, making her 18 in 2021. This pleases me aesthetically and structurally, and I have a note …
Read MoreSo, 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 MoreI 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 …
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