The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: literature
A thought and a favour
I want to talk about my next book. The title I have is God Bothering But it’s not primarily about religion. The basic premise arose from thinking about my relationship with my father. Years 0 to 16 were just dandy; … Continue reading
Posted in literature, miscellany, writing
Tagged book, book covers, genetics, God Bothering, indie publishing, publishing, research, riting
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The Amateur Reviewer: crime and mystery
Noelle Granger has given us a neat readable crime novel with her Death In A Red Canvas Chair The protagonist is Rhe Brewster, mom, wife, resident of Pequod in coastal Maine and works at the local hospital. She also happens … Continue reading
Posted in literature, miscellany, reading
Tagged Book review, Death in a Red canvas Chair, Noelle Granger, Rhe brewster
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Does London Deserve Shakespeare?
If you did a straw poll and asked around the world to name a famous Englishman the chances are Shakespeare would appear in the top five. While we know he was born (and died) in Stratford on Avon, to a … Continue reading
The Amateur Reviewer
I started my indie book reviewing career recently and here we are at book two already. This time we move from memoire to futurism and sci-fi – at least that is how I would categorise this excellent debut. Second … Continue reading
Posted in literature, reading, writing
Tagged Absent Souls, Dylan Hearn, review, Second Chance
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Reviews – another non resolution
One of the joys of absence from domesticity is the luxury of guilt-free reading. I can usually persuade myself that most things are essential because they are linked to some task. Long walk to plot a chapter because Dog needs … Continue reading
Busy Bees and Idle Hands
Some of you may have noticed a falling off in my postings. I have a reason, though not an excuse. As I’ve mentioned here before I completed a novel for an MA a while back and have been dithering and … Continue reading
First edition
I have mentioned my slow, even tortuous progress to publishing my book, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle. You can read the first three chapters here. Well, the story so far (ha!) is I think I’m nearly there. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in criticism, literature, writing
Tagged blurb, book, book cover, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, publishing, writing
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Motive is the key.
This week’s flash challenge from Charli Mills is 13 August 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) show the underlying motivation of a character. When the TV first appeared in our house, around … Continue reading
Posted in flash fiction, literature, miscellany, TV, writing
Tagged Carrot Ranch Congress of Rough Writers, flash fiction, motivation, Percy Thrower, Perry mason, writing
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That’s cracking, Grommit
I’ve said before that one of my favourite books is ‘The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’. In one episode Douglas Adams explains what happens to all the missing biros that we lose without being able to fathom where they … Continue reading
What happened next?
I have referred to the Archaeologist on several occasions in this blog. One of his many notable characteristics is his extraordinarily wide range of interests and the depth of his knowledge in those areas. A conversation with him may start with … Continue reading
Posted in literature, miscellany, politics, WW1
Tagged 4th August 1914, postcard, Southsea Pier, WW1
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