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After yesterday’s ramblings about the small seeds of bigger stories, today I found my old writing notebooks with the early sketches of plotting and characters. It’s interesting to look back – especially having seen how The End Of All Worlds…
Continue readingTue, 15:26: Want a book to “sink your teeth into-the science of global warming & weather patterns combine with Icelandic folk lore” http://t.co/3bCLRjIW Tue, 22:31: Quirky and wonky: the seeds of stories… http://t.co/wXbdjBDr #writing #stories #ideas Wed, 09:19: The original…
Continue readingClaire and I were talking at work today about how ideas for stories come about. She was telling me (and I hope she doesn’t mind me mentioning it here) about an sketchy idea that she had that might make a…
Continue readingMon, 22:45: “a book you curl up with on a comfy chair & immerse yourself fully into” #TheEndOfAllWorlds receives another 5* review http://t.co/3bCLRjIW
Continue readingSat, 16:17: To snack’n’scan… http://t.co/0xRh9dEh Sat, 19:07: can’t quite believe that I used to go on a two-week holiday and only come back with 1x 36 film of pictures… #confessionsofaphotoholic Sat, 20:17: Is there a song that features wren song…
Continue readingFri, 14:46: eBooks are nice but real books are nicer! Making books… http://t.co/Ay7SQRbn \via @aeroplanegirl Fri, 17:35: Patriotic enough for an @abingdonconcert band #jubilee concert…? http://t.co/lXSmldAp Fri, 18:58: seems to have finally got the old negative/slide scanner working! 🙂 #FridayGeek
Continue readingThu, 12:09: http://t.co/d1UGrzFf Thu, 15:51: is being good. I am defying my urge to go and buy and consume chocolate… #hard
Continue readingWed, 19:35: Blimey! That was a dramatic episode of @thearchers. Surely not another Archer death in a barn fire? #TheArchers Wed, 19:36: RT @maudie43 I don’t know what fills me with more horror- the barn being burnt down or the…
Continue readingMon, 21:28: finds that the only problem with watching Wallander is that I think that my mobile is doing overtime… #ringtones
Continue readingSun, 15:37: writes about (possibly) radical politics… http://t.co/M4K7hGOJ #politics #UK #LordsReform Sun, 15:42: made the mistake of reading my own book last night. Found a typo… #oops #curses #editing #TheNovel Sun, 18:50: Andy Murray might not have quite made it…
Continue readingSince receiving the latest version of The End Of All Worlds and my bravery of taking it into Cole’s Books, I’ve taken it up myself to read. It’s an odd experience reading back one’s own words. I’m used to it…
Continue readingSo, the powers that be continue to talk about reform of the House or Lords. It has to be said that I think I am, too, against a wholly or partly elected second chamber to UK politics. But I think…
Continue readingSat, 13:19: can’t quite believe that I have just gone into my local bookshop to ask them to sell my book. I think, fingers crossed, they might… Sat, 16:09: Antipasti in Bicester… http://t.co/7rFdCGp3 Sat, 18:19: Yes! #Wimbledon Sat, 19:30: The…
Continue readingJust after 10 o’clock this morning the revised edition of The End Of All Worlds plopped through the letterbox in its shiny new all colour cover. I still find it hard to believe that it was less than 24 hours…
Continue readingFri, 12:10: Weekend of rain looms ahead. Batten down the hatches, snuggle indoors and lose yourself in a book to #TheEndOfAllWorlds http://t.co/S4UkeJy1 Fri, 12:14: Proof that snails do feel remorse? Been on the edge of the roof… Contemplating something stupid?…
Continue readingThu, 15:58: The Shocking Secret About Ebook Pricing That will Help You Price Your Ebook http://t.co/pzdgpj8e via @bubblecow
Continue readingWed, 20:25: writing on the subject of judging a book by its cover: http://t.co/Tfk7EI3V #ya #fantasy #TheEndOfAllWorlds Thu, 11:48: Sign the petition for a judge-led inquiry to get to the bottom of the culture and practices of the banking industry…
Continue readingFirst off, I love the cover of my book, The End Of All Worlds. It’s one of my own illustrations for one, and it follows the woodcut-ish theme that I have been going for with the other illustrations. It also…
Continue readingWed, 07:26: 7 cats, 5 different types of food: you can’t not be awake for breakfast time in our house…
Continue readingMon, 20:21: Short of something to read during rain delays at #Wimbledon? Want a new book to read? 5 star rating: #TheEndOfAllWorlds http://t.co/MRJTGans Mon, 21:41: http://t.co/TueyORMf #Kindle Mon, 23:57: On page 97 of 538 of The Mulberry Empire, by Philip…
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