Author and Renaissance wannabe
It’s time to introduce you to a new friend of mine by the name of Christopher Dubs. Unlike myself, he is a sweet and cheerful soul who writes very happy books for children, all about the adventures of Princess Maybe and her magical friend Huggybear. …
Read MoreSorry the blog has been a little sparse of late, but when I began my career break I thought I’d have all the time in the world for writing. It turns out I don’t know how I ever had the time to work at all! …
Read MoreThe Holy Grail for most of us as writers is feedback, as it drives interest, sales and reads, and I by no means under estimate the importance of comments and feedback. But I’ve found that in some cases, the value of not getting feedback can …
Read MoreThis isn’t an existential question, just a quick update on my present activities. Which, as we speak, is realising that many of my sentences are so passive they could be in a petting zoo. But, anyway… I’m currently on a career break, so am evaluating …
Read MoreSo, a very interesting exchange on Twitter last night directed me to an article on the two most commonly espoused approaches to creating narrative (in the Twitter writing community anyway), namely the relative benefits of the ‘Plotter’/’Planner’ (who develops a detailed outline before putting pen …
Read MoreI’ve made the gratifying decision to take four months off work! There was been a lot of personal difficulty for the last few years, and my work is good enough to make this possible, so Sept to Dec I shall be footloose and fancy free. …
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Derrick does it again with this one. Oh dear, that doesn’t sound good, does it? Don’t worry, I’m not going to slate this book, as for me, it works very well, and his writing is improving with each book, the problem is that he’s again …
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At last, the reviewer has something positive to say about Kit Derrick! Hope Is A Six Letter Word is quite different from the author’s earlier books, and is probably his best to date. It must be a difficult book to pitch (as it is to …
Read MoreThis is just a short update to a previous post to say that I’m very pleased to see that Kit Derrick listens to critical opinion. Following on from my previous review, and some other comments, he’s had the good sense to go back to his …
Read MoreI’ve decided not to post reviews of other author’s books on the blog for a while, unless there’s an exceptional reason. There’s a simple reason, in that I’ve checked my dashboard and unfortunately, I’m getting very few visits for them, and they take time to …
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