Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Haiku is a Japanese verse form. Apparently there are lots of different verse forms, and I came across a list of them somewhere recently, but I’ll have to search to find it again. Haiku in my books I’ve been doing
Vista is Sue Vincent’s prompt for our #Writephoto inspiration this week. Here’s the photo she gave us: I confess I’m fairly sure I know where this vista is. There are several posts on Sue’s blog where I know where she
Another new book follows hard on the heels of Curved Space to Corsair. This time, it’s back to the Princelings series with…. The Princelings of the East Books 4-6 I said I needed to read the earlier books again before
It’s FlashbackFriday again, and I’m going for Humphrey when his book was WIP. You can join in by posting your own post from way back when, one you love, or maybe nobody saw, or just something you want to display
White horses definitely inspire me, but I haven’t used them in my writing yet. Well, I’ve used the figurative white horses that got round film censorship in the 1940s. You don’t know what I mean? That was when any more
Castles are common in the UK. Stockades built by the Celts against the Anglo Saxons, or Saxon fortifications to ward of the Vikings, now crumbled away, or great stone towers by the Normans in the 11th Century, most are ruined
Welcome to this month’s Insecure Writers Support Group post. You can join in by signing up at insecurewriterssupportgroup.com where you’ll also find the long list of people to visit each month. I tend to visit all my ‘follow’ blogs and at
I apologise for the lack of an original story today. What with rewriting, editing and beta-reading, I just haven’t got my flash fiction brain in gear. Chuck Wendig gave us the challenge to start with a bang, literally, and I thought
I’m getting terribly behind in my reading. There are some reasons for this – I had a review lined up of Wendy Leighton-Porter’s fifth book, Shadow of the Volcano, but realised it fits perfectly into my A to Z Challenge
We’re at the fifth week in my lead-up to the great READ TUESDAY, just three weeks away now. Keep checking that website for information and ideas. This week the excerpt is from The Talent Seekers, and we discover a lot
I was reading Chuck Wendig’s post about self-promotion, and how you should present yourself and your books as the best version of yourself that you can. I realised that anyone reading my blog recently probably wouldn’t know that I write
Well, your last chance on Amazon, at any rate! Why not join Bertie and hundreds of other people reading The Talent Seekers on Kindle this summer? It’s free on Amazon worldwide on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th August – and
The Talent Seekers is FREE on Amazon Thursday and Friday 27th & 28th June, from midnight to midnight California time (UT+7, i.e. 8 hours behind London). US and international http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Seekers-Princelings-East-ebook/dp/B00CWKBIN4
Thursday last week was the first free promotion for the Talent Seekers and I thought it went reasonably well. Since Traveler was out, Amazon, or Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), or both, have changed a number of features of free days
Today is the birthday of Princelings Fred and George, and to celebrate they are giving you The Talent Seekers FREE on Amazon. US, India and international http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Seekers-Princelings-East-ebook/dp/B00CWKBIN4