Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
George’s Guinea Pig World. You may never have heard of it. My guinea pig George, brother of Fred, my first two pets, became a star of the Rodents With Attitude Forum, taking up the role of Forum Mechanic. I’m not
Lucky Leprechauns, it’s time for your St Patrick’s Day Giveaway! Thank you so much to Mary at Bookhounds for keeping these opportunities going! Since I’ve been busy bringing books out in the first couple of months of 2019, I thought
Midwinter Eve is always my favourite hop of the year. There’s something about the badge that draws me back! Thank you, BookHounds for making it all possible. Midwinter is probably my favourite time, provided I’m not chasing my tailing trying
The Clear Your Shelf giveaway is the best hop of the year, I think. It comes courtesy of Bookhounds, and it gives me the chance to offload reduce the number of books on my shelf while recommending them to you!
Writer’s block is not the question posed by the Insecure Writers Support Group this month. The suggested question is: What publishing path are you considering/did you take, and why? Our cohosts are Toi Thomas, T. Powell Coltrin, M.J. Fifield, and Tara Tyler! Please follow them
The Insecure Writers Support Group #IWSG posts every first Wednesday of the month. Today’s question: What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? I’d like to thank our Co-Hosts today: Erika Beebe, Sandra Hoover, Susan Gourley, and Lee Lowery! Please
The Bloggers Bash for 2018 was on Saturday. I travelled down to London from Norfolk, negotiated the usual engineering works on a trainline somewhere, and arrived in time for my promised hug from Hugh. I got my nametag and a
May I suggest that we all take a deep breath and go for a walk in spring sunshine after the April A to Z Challenge? We had a great time, but boy, is it tiring. I further suggest that you
The Best of 2017 Giveaway is a delightful Hop organised by Bookhounds, to whom we are very grateful. It enables us to celebrate our best reads of 2017, whether published in the year or not. My Best of 2017 I
LOOKING FOR THE 2018 HOP? CLICK HERE Midwinter’s Eve already, and this is the second last post before Christmas day. More importantly, Midwinter’s day, or the Winter Solstice, is an important holiday in my fictional world of the Realms,
Halloween. It’s tomorrow, or if you’re in Australia or New Zealand, it might even be today, depending on when you read this. No matter. From now till 1st November Pacific time, I’m offering a FREE ebook as your Halloween treat.
Guinea pigs came into my world on 26th July 2007. A red-letter day indeed. It was probably the first day of the rest of my life. At first I resisted making them my post for the Cherished BlogFest 2017. Then
I’ve been stuck in a good book or five for the last month, as part of the TackleTBR read-a-thon, although I’m including two I’ve reviewed in September too. Now, thanks to Val at Stuck in Books, I’m offering you a
TackleTBR is over for another year. It’s been an awesome two weeks and I’m delighted that so many people joined in my Challenge last Monday. The winner of my 21st Page Challenge was… Shash (MomIsReading). You should have an email
Way back when this blog was new, it was a different beast. I occasionally look back at the beginnings when we come up with an anniversary of some sort. That’s if WordPress reminds me in time. Today’s Book Blogger Hop
Bookshelves – or other things as well? That’s the question for this week’s Book Blogger Hop, which you can find at the Coffee Addicted writer. It’s a godsend for anyone hunting for inspiration for a blog post, any weekend throughout the
Beach Reads… yes it’s summer, officially, although it doesn’t seem like it in England. Have you got a pile of books to read on the beach? Not sure what to do with the ones you’ve read? Well, thanks to Val
Today’s question for the Book Blogger Hop from Coffee Addicted Writer is: If you read a book you ended up hating, would you stay away from future books by that author, or would you give them a second chance? (submitted
Southern Fried leapt out at me as a book I’d love to read, so when it came through as an Escape with Dollycas tour I jumped at the chance. The only trouble was, it was right in the middle of
Distractions from the A to Z Challenge No.1: the first Wednesday of the month is the Insecure Writers Support Group. Today is also letter D in the A to Z Challenge. Now there’s a distraction from the proper job of writing. Tips
The Book Bloggers’ Hop is run by the Coffee Addicted Writer, with a question for bloggers each week. I thought those Bs would be a good start to the blogging week on the A to Z Challenge, and especially since
Negative comments are the subject of this week’s Book Blogger Hop. The BBH happens weekly, but I usually do the last Monday of the month. How do you handle negative comments left on your blog? Maybe it’s a sign that I don’t have
Jumping lucky Leprechaun! Thank you, Mary at Bookhounds, for posting this giveaway hop. It won’t surprise you too much to find the theme this month is luck. I’m giving away a lucky winner prize of a lucky book of your choice up to
Welcome to today’s Insecure Writers’ Support Group post. Today I bemoan having too many books on the go, both reading and writing. Don’t forget to visit the other #IWSG participants and our wonderful hosts. Welcome to March as well. Not that
Welcome to my foray into the Book Bloggers Hop, where we have a question set each weekend. I’ve adopted it mainly for the last Monday of the month, or when I’m stuck for a subject. This week… How do you