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Winter Blues...
As I sit at my computer this morning I begin to think how I have missed writing my blogs. It has been awhile, due to un-foreseen circumstances, and therefore I need to say to any follower who has s ........
Winter is Coming-
It is cold in these trenches as winter draws nigh,Where the air is so putrid, and the stars are so high.We drag on a fag until our lungs burst,Then sigh from our anguish of dry throat and thirst.Our h ........
FIRST NARRATIVE.
As a writer I love to sit back and experiment. Now, during the three years I spent studying for my Batchelor of Arts degree in English and American History, I came across many a quote that first narra ........
ONWARD AND UPWARD
It is at times like we have been through that determination, courage and strength shine through. The loss of Queen Elizabeth II has brought to mind the changes and happiness the second Elizabethan era ........
SUMMER WRITING…
It is often asked –“How can you concentrate to write with the sun blazing outside?”My answer: “Once you have lost yourself in the story, everything else diminishes.”It is true, that many a writer find ........
SUMMER READING!
It is that time of year, when the heart and mind rushes forward to the sand and sea. That time, when the word ‘relaxation’ reverberates in our head, and our hand reaches out for a book, or two to thro ........
FOR THE LOVE OF POETRY.
Poetry is to the heart what music is to the soul – words that can inspire, uplift, and remain in the memory, long after the reading is complete.It matters not what form it may come in, for it is not t ........
SIBLING RIVALRY
I have often been asked how I look upon my books – ie: as rivals, or as siblings: similar to how one grades a family.I laugh and say that every book I write is parallel to giving birth – each one my b ........
WHAT IS A CHARACTER?
A character can be many things –It may be the fictionalization of the mind, or the facets of many humans rolled into one; even the symbol of a person the author once knew.Take Rhia Bryant for instance ........
GROWING EXCITEMENT.
I have found upon publishing a book an author’s greatest wish is that as many people as possible will read it. Weeks of work turn into what is known as ‘butterflies inside’ as you see your work in pri ........
THE LOST MANUSCRIPT.
On a dull day in 2019 I switched on the computer to edit the completed manuscript of my latest novel. Excited to be finally sending it to the publisher I clicked on ‘Word’, and saw – Nothing.My heart ........