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Category Archives: writes
Writing Novels: The rules
A writer should write what they want to write, and write it how they want to write it. This is a theory I have expressed before, and one I will continue to express. I am aware that some may disagree … Continue reading
Posted in humour, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, publication, self-publishing, writes, writing
Tagged #amwriting, humour, opinion, writing
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Wise words…
More of the wisdom of writers: or a few scattered quotes that could be wisdom or tosh, it’s not always easy to tell. But such are the words that on occasion inspire me to write, even those full of derision… The … Continue reading
That Offensive Word…
The internet and ‘Faceache’ writers groups, in particular, throw up the occasional odd question. Odd to my mind at least, not odd to the person asking the question. Probably I find them odd because I have some fairly firm views … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, rights, writes, writing
Tagged #amwriting, opinion, writerslife, writing, writingtip
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Scrap-ends…
For no good reason, or perhaps the best reason of all, I’ve spent a listless hour pondering my way through a folder on my desktop that predates the hard drive. The folders called scrap-ends. It’s an apt description used as … Continue reading
Posted in books, indie, indie novels, indie writers, nanowrimo, opinion, quotes, reads, the elf kings thingy, writes, writing
Tagged #amwriting, books, humour, reads, sciencefiction, steampunk, writer, writerslife, writing
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The Bad Review…
No one likes to receive a bad review, be it as a writer, as a seller on eBay, or for that matter for your pecan pie from a dinner guest… In the case of the pie, well if your guest … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, cider lane, opinion, writes, writing
Tagged #amwriting, badreviews, opinion, rant, writing
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Courting Disasters…
Lawyers are almost always played out on TV as smart, snappy, insightful individuals of high intellect who ask just the right question to catch a witness or a defendant off guard. It has become something of a stereotype, and like … Continue reading
Speaking the words and the necessary evil
I have an odd confession to make, well not so much a confession, I require no absolution here, but a confession all the same. My previous blog post, EX Oblivione, was not written by me… Well not as such, I wrote … Continue reading
‘Passing Place’ 99p-99c Sale
Step in from the cold, through the saloon door of the strangest bar in creation. A place where causality is just a set of rules and the rules can be bent. Where no one knows your name, but everyone has … Continue reading
Posted in books, Passing Place, publication, reads, sci-fi, writes
Tagged #novel, #scifi, amreading, booksale, ebook, ebooksale, fantasy, kindle, kindlesale, kindleunlimited, novels
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Harlem’s Hellfighters…
‘The Ballard of Pvt Burbanks’ a pivotal chapter in ‘Passing Place’ tells what you could call the ‘origin’ story of Sonny Burbanks, the doorman at the very strange bar of the title. ‘Very strange’ is perhaps an understatement when describing the Esqwiths … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, fiction, humanrights, indie, indie novels, indiewriter, opinion, Passing Place, politics, rights, writes, writing
Tagged #passingplace, antiracisum, Charlotteville, history, indie publishing, indiewriter, opinion, politics, writer, writers, writerslife, writing
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Words of Wisdom 3
Words of wisdom from writers a little more famous than myself… Part of a very occasional continuing series of posts with writers quotes about the craft… And because I find myself in need of inspirational quotes as I launch myself … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, quotes, writerslife, writing
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