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Here I am back in Kota Kinabalu for at least four months. If I look out of my window, I can see Pink-necked Pigeons in the line of fruiting of fig trees outside. They mutter and grumble and whine like … Continue reading
Glenda Larke
The Aware in good company. Pix by Russell Kirkpatrick Thanks to the original reviewer, I just found out about a review of The Aware from back in June 2003. Another nice one.I am still waiting for the inevitable day when … Continue reading
Back in the Dark Ages (I remember having a slate in what we called Standard 1)(yep, that long ago)…in a little “country” school (it’s now an outer suburb of Perth, but then it was the back o’ beyond) (yep, that … Continue reading
The Sunday regular blog: grammar and such… There is nothing that so marks a piece of writing as unprofessional as a feral apostrophe. And yet writing “it’s” when you mean “its” is an easy typo, and one that you can’t … Continue reading
I think, if anything, the only thing posts of mine on this subject are going to say of value is this: everyone has to select the way that best suits their own creative mind. I obviously seem to hate to … Continue reading
Heart of the Mirage (book 1 of The Mirage Makers) Fifth Review of Heart of the Mirage May 31, 2006Fourth Review (Heart of the Mirage) May 26, 2006Third Heart of the Mirage Review May 10, 2006Anticipation. For Ages May 08, … Continue reading
I wish there was a formula.Do this, so that, and there you are.But alas, there are as many different ways of writing as there are authors, and each author may not stick to the same method for each novel. I … Continue reading
When Friends and Booksellers Rock… June 16th, 2006 Why Fantasy and not Sci Fi? June 27th , 2006 It’s a Quirky World June 03, 2006 What’s with this middle book thing? May 25, 2006 When readers get it wrong… May … Continue reading
Grammar – being too clever July 2nd 2006 Who, whom etc. More Grammar. June 25th 2006 The Feral Apostrophe June 11 2006 [Grammar] Beta Readers December 6th 2007 The First Person Point of View October 30th 2006 Writing in the … Continue reading
Now I know why I didn’t see any monuments in New York. I thought it was because we were in the company of an adorable two-year-old who was more interested in playgrounds and watching trains in the subway, but the … Continue reading