And talking of updates (that line will only make sense if you read the last post!), I'm excited to tell you that this Saturday I will be bringing you an interview with Serena Akeroyd, the prolific writer of the Naughty Nookie series.
If you like your books to be fast, full of mystery and intrigue and oh just a little bit naughty, then Serena is the author for you!
So make a date to check the blog on Saturday, 15th March...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Research
Good evening, readers and writers!
Research for stories and novels is something that fascinates and infuriates me in equal measures. Well, maybe not exactly equally, but it is one of those sayings...right?
My current novel is based over different decades - sixties, seventies, eighties and current day.
I love modern history. I relate different decades back to my own life (late nineties when I was just a child - I am only twenty-one - yeah, right!), to my parents, grandparents, etc. I'm intrigued by the changes in fashion, politics, entertainment and sport.
And so I thought it would be a fantastic idea to incorporate this into my writing.
The only thing is - and putting it as diplomatically as possible - it is such a big challenge! To do it right - and I am going to do it right - takes a whole lot of sweat, and I am quite a sweaty type, anyway. Making sure that a person in 1968 talks and walks like a person in 1968 and not a person in, say, 1974 involves attention to detail.
It will take some time, which is a reason I am completing some short stories in between - I really need to break it up a bit.
But! And this is quite a big 'but' (hence the explanation mark) it will be worth it in the end, I know that.
I will keep you updated.
Research for stories and novels is something that fascinates and infuriates me in equal measures. Well, maybe not exactly equally, but it is one of those sayings...right?
My current novel is based over different decades - sixties, seventies, eighties and current day.
I love modern history. I relate different decades back to my own life (late nineties when I was just a child - I am only twenty-one - yeah, right!), to my parents, grandparents, etc. I'm intrigued by the changes in fashion, politics, entertainment and sport.
And so I thought it would be a fantastic idea to incorporate this into my writing.
The only thing is - and putting it as diplomatically as possible - it is such a big challenge! To do it right - and I am going to do it right - takes a whole lot of sweat, and I am quite a sweaty type, anyway. Making sure that a person in 1968 talks and walks like a person in 1968 and not a person in, say, 1974 involves attention to detail.
It will take some time, which is a reason I am completing some short stories in between - I really need to break it up a bit.
But! And this is quite a big 'but' (hence the explanation mark) it will be worth it in the end, I know that.
I will keep you updated.
Sunday 9 March 2014
The Sea
Okay, one last one, while I am 'on a...cough....'roll'....
I was in a café on Friday, on the promenade in Porthcawl, next to the Grand, sipping coffee and people watching.
It was a lovely March day and the sun was shining, making the sea look almost orange.
Mind you, thinking about it now, maybe it was all just a Fanta-sea
Yes, you right...time to get back to some work...
I was in a café on Friday, on the promenade in Porthcawl, next to the Grand, sipping coffee and people watching.
It was a lovely March day and the sun was shining, making the sea look almost orange.
Mind you, thinking about it now, maybe it was all just a Fanta-sea
Yes, you right...time to get back to some work...
New Girlfriend
...you know you may have some problems with your new girlfriend when you ask her what her favourite position is, top or bottom, and she says that, no, its in the middle.
Sorry, I am just taking a quick break from the short story I am writing, which is going pretty well actually.
Oh, apart from the fact I drove to the library (my sanctuary) thinking my laptop was already in the car, and then drove home again when I realised that no, my laptop was not in my car.
But I am here now, and better get back to it...
Sorry, I am just taking a quick break from the short story I am writing, which is going pretty well actually.
Oh, apart from the fact I drove to the library (my sanctuary) thinking my laptop was already in the car, and then drove home again when I realised that no, my laptop was not in my car.
But I am here now, and better get back to it...
Spelll checker
The obvious problem with spell checker, without meaning to state the obvious, is that you need to at least have some sort of idea how to spell the word in the first place before it gives you some options!
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