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The regular Sunday writing tip… I tend to write a first draft quickly, aiming just to get the story right, with a good sense of flow. When I read it back, I groan. The flow of the story is fine, … Continue reading
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A fellow writer and friend, Russell Kirkpatrick, once recommended a book of mine (The Aware) to a bookseller over where he lives in Hamilton, New Zealand (pop.130,000 – or so the town website tells me). The bookseller read it and … Continue reading
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
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