For most writers success is not an overnight event. One of my all time, and sadly missed, writer heroes, Iain Banks, completed five or six books before being published. He persisted. Now I write this […]
Tag: science fiction
Getting into your characters – Inspector Kirby and Harold Longcoat
My latest project, Inspector Kirby and Harold Longcoat, due to be launched in a few week’s time, was great fun to write. Possibly, because it’s a change from my normal diet of science fiction, set […]
What I’ve learnt from 4 years of blogging
Recently a site, The Digital Reader (morning coffee – 1 September 2017) picked up on a blog I wrote in 2014, 7 key things I’ve learnt from a year of blogging. To my pleasant surprise […]
Indie authors – relish cross genre fiction
I enjoy my science fiction and my fantasy. When I pick up a book (or these days download) in one of these genres I guess I know what I’m getting, I’m on safe ground. Also, […]
Short stories – great for both writers and readers
I remember not long after my life-long addiction to science fiction and fantasy began I bought an Isaac Asimov book without realising it was a collection of short stories. At first I felt a little […]