So it’s #FogboundFriday again, and this week I wanted to mention my local writing group Huddersfield Author’s Circle or HAC. It’s a great place to talk to other authors and to hear their styles as well as let them hear about my work. We tend to alternate between Reading meetings – where people read someContinue reading “A Couple of Short Reads”
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A Couple of Short Pieces
So it’s #FogboundFriday again, and this week I wanted to mention my local writing group Huddersfield Author’s Circle or HAC. It’s a great place to talk to other authors and to hear their styles as well as let them hear about my work. We tend to alternate between Reading meetings – where people read someContinue reading “A Couple of Short Pieces”
Grammarly and how I use it.
Just a quick post about how much use I get out of Grammarly when checking my writing. You may be wondering why? We all have access to spell checking and grammar checks too with Microsoft Word and even on Google Docs, so why should I need a specific Grammar checker such as Grammarly? Well, IContinue reading “Grammarly and how I use it.”
Fogbound Progress
So an update on the status of Fogbound, my Steampunk/Sci-Fi Novel. I am finalising the edit with a team of gracious volunteer proof-readers and then it will be winging it’s way around the Literary Agents in an attempt to find someone who sees its potential and want to help with representation. Just a minute. Weren’tContinue reading “Fogbound Progress”
Tokyo Prime
I wanted to talk today about my latest short story called Tokyo Prime. It’s a sci-fi / cyberpunk setting with supernatural elements inspired from an roleplaying game setting I developed over thirty years ago. During the annual competition for HAC (The Huddersfield Authors Circle) it was voted winner in the Opening 2,000 words of aContinue reading “Tokyo Prime”
Fogbound Final Edit
So I’ve received Fogbound back from my editor and the news is… Drumroll please… Astoundingly good. Yes, there are a few areas that require looking at, but they are mainly about pacing and the order of some of the early chapters and new character POV’s. All of these I was expecting, and there are someContinue reading “Fogbound Final Edit”