Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Saurus is the Greek for lizard, which is why the dinosaurs were named after them. Tyrannosaurus=tyrant lizard, and the Rex is the king of them. Brontosaurus is Thunder lizard. The plural Sauria forms the sub-order of lizards under the reptile
Rise Up is my thought for the illustration in the badge – Freedom Morning by Claude Clarke. It’s a tricky one, because I’m combining the WEP flash fiction challenge with the A to Z Challenge where we’ve reached R. Rise
Questions help you find out about your characters; lists of them can be found everywhere on the internet. Try these from NaNoWriMo (Googledoc). I first found out about question sheets in my Creative Writing Course. When I did a workshop
Losing the plot… something I seemed to be up against over the Easter weekend. And then again the following weekend. And as for last weekend, well I spent a goodly part sorting out important things around the house… As you
Outlaw Heroes has been in my Kindle a long time, since about November 2013. I have a feeling I picked it up as a special offer – kindle free days or similar. Those were the days! It is definitely a
Notebooks–as in nice books in which you can jot down ideas, stories, observations, the story of your life, anything you like. Or give as gifts! Notebooks I use The one thing I don’t use a notebook for is to jot
The Messenger Misadventures has been out for a week, and I’m very grateful to those people who have already bought it! About the Messenger Misadventures This collection of four short stories for young readers (8+) is set on the Isle
J Lenni Dorner is a great blogger, and isn’t afraid to step up and run things for the rest of us bloggers to join in. I didn’t realise, when I asked him if he’d like to guest today, that he
Kaa Birith is the main antagonist of my Viridian System science fiction series. I thought as I’m writing the third book, Zanzibar’s Rings, this month, it might help if I gave you a hint or two about him. My protagonists
Yes, Jemima Pett is interviewed on the blog today. There’ll be a wide range of topics, mainly because some things happening in the real world at present require comment. But I hope you enjoy it. First question: why Jemima? What?
The Iron Tactician was a book I bought in a Storybundle collection, as happens a lot with my random scifi selections. I wasn’t sure I was enjoying it at the time, but I seem to be thinking of it more
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
Greed and Retribution is the second of my Flash Fiction collection to hit the press. And it’s my G for the A to Z Challenge today. Greed and Retribution: The Carruthers Collection and Other Twisty Tales If you’ve been reading
Fate… how much of my writing is left to it? It was fairly difficult to come up with a topic for today, since it is Insecure Writers Support Group day, where we blog about things pertaining to writing, and support
Existence. Something we take for granted, maybe. Certainly when we are younger. I remember I used to run a personal skills course for a company I did interpersonal skills training for. It’s a laugh, really; I used to be really
Dylan, Deirdre and Dougall are coming to you on Thursday! They’re my three Ds for the A to Z Challenge today. But if you can’t wait – see below for my pre-sale offer – which subscribers to my mailing list
The Cheshire Bunny is my take on this week’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2writing.com. It’s also my second AtoZ post for C! Here’s the photo: If you saw last week’s you’ll know that I’m in a little run
I’ve had the Sign of the Green Dragon on my TBR for quite a long time, and decided I’d better read it before I give up reading Middle Grade Books. Well, I may read some for fun, but I’m giving
Background in the third of a series is vitally important. Especially when you discover it’s several years since you published book 2. This year’s AtoZChallenge is mainly about my writing, and my Work In Progress, a science fiction adventure called
A to Z Challenge is not for me, I said. I’m not doing it this year. But I am challenging myself this month, so I decided to make it a Writing Challenge. I have to finish Zanzibar’s Rings this month.
Sue Vincent 14th September 1958 – 29th March 2021 R.I.P
The Table in the Woods is the #writephoto prompt from last Thursday. Many thanks to KL Caley for such an interesting picture! You can find many marvellous offerings by other people at New 2 Writing, KL’s website. She does a
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – you must have seen the excerpts on social media. This book really hit the headlines. I felt such a connection to the messages online, I bought the hardcover copy. I’ve
My Neptune fishing haiku today is inspired by KL Caley’s picture for the #writephoto prompt – published last Thursday. I’m having trouble keeping up at present. I just uploaded the final Messenger Misadventures file to the Princelings of the North
Among the Stars is a space opera theme anthology from Fiction River. There aren’t many stories in this anthology, compared with say, Rhonda Parrish‘s or Third Flatiron, or even the IWSG, so it’s a quick read of quick reads. This