Part 34 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Milford Science Fiction Writers have also been serialising this set of blog-posts, they’re good people, you should check them out. It’s been five years since I started theseContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 34”
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quick update – book news!
I am doing a very quick drive by update to say that I have a short novella (or long short story?) I’m self-publishing (as a test) called The Devil’s Prayer that you can currently pre-order on Amazon There is a second (longer) novella set in the same world I’m aiming to bring out next month.
Drowing in content part 2
In <checks notes> 2021! I wrote a blog post about ‘drowning in content‘ where I bemoaned the endless TBR and made futile plans for tackling it. To mix metaphors – according to Oliver Burkeman in an article titled Treat your to read pile like a river: “In a world of effectively infinite information, the betterContinue reading “Drowing in content part 2”
Writing About Writing About Writing 33
Part 33 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Milford Science Fiction Writers have also been serialising this set of blog-posts, they’re good people, you should check them out. Apparently the last of these was in MayContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 33”
Writing About Writing About Writing 32
Part 32 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Milford Science Fiction Writers have also been serialising this set of blog-posts, they’re good people, you should check them out. It did, for a second, make meContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 32”
Publishing news
Out of the blue – but the result of a burst of enthusiasm some months ago – I have a new essay being published in a fine Black Shuck book – There’s Nothing Out There edited by Sophie Essex. The lost-in-the-wilderness horror genre is a gloriously oversaturated market which both plays to our basic fearsContinue reading “Publishing news”
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I have read 110 books this year – that’s down on 2023 when I read 123, I read 133 in 2022, in 2014 I read 93 books I’m going to blame the difficult year I’ve had 24 were by women – as usual this seems poorI read books from 22 different countriesI rated 5 booksContinue reading “</2024>”
No update is an update
Back when I was querying agents and getting mostly a lack of response I spoke to an agent at an event and bemoaned the fact that 8 out of the 10 agents I queried didn’t bother to respond. She then uttered what sounded like a Zen Koan – “No response is a response.” I guessContinue reading “No update is an update”
Writing About Writing About Writing 31
Part 31 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. October was, as ever, a busy month, holding both FantasyCon and BristolCon which I attended, participated in and enjoyed. I grabbed some books – including some writingContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 31”
Writing About Writing About Writing 30
Part 30 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Quick health update – taking some time to get used to pacing as energy still seems to be poor. As per modus operandi I’ve read or amContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 30”