A Little Acorn of a Tale I’m currently revising a novel that has gone from 300 words when I lost it about 12 years ago. It seems that the...

Mrs Jones said to me: “I don’t care if you’re a darkie Come in and have a cup of tea.”   I can’t be offended at Mrs Jones She’s just like...

Is it Just Me? Over the past three or four years, I've become increasingly confused by the merge of science fiction and fantasy. Perhaps...

Ah, if only we had a penny, cent or whatever your minimal currency is where you are, for every time a new writer said, “But if I show you...

I don't write poetry that regularly, but when the inspiration hits me I sometimes dash off a few lines - and I'm a bit of a piss-taker...

This is about my journey into space for the first time.  I didn’t travel on a spaceship, but the plane was big enough to look like one....

Have you noticed how the powers that be control us? Not how but how? It’s become really noticeable in social media. There was time when I...

I'm always surprised by those people who say they never read fiction. Quite often it's done with a sense of elitism, as if there is...

Have you noticed how the powers that be control us? Not how but how? It’s become really noticeable in social media. There was time when I...

Warning: This is a controversial piece.   Forgetting I'm at that age where you start to worry about things like memory loss, forgetting...

In marketing my writing, I'm playing a waiting game similar to the one we see at the end of The Langoliers.  Never heard of it? Well, if...

Hello. The name’s Robot. Why Robot.   I’m the advocate for the new batch of drones under the serial model number awk/WRD1s, or the squad....

Some of us write for the love of it; some for money; some for fame. And of course, these can all overlap. Back in 2011 I had some...

When I started writing, I didn't know I was going to end up being a multi-genre writer. I'm not sure I'd ever even heard of one. That's...

This is about my  journey in learning how to write a romance, which means you can expect to hear me giving advice and talking like I'm an...

At some point one or both protagonists must accept that they are in love. Do you want them to start the book in love, out of love,...

The traditional Western romance formula will usually entail a man, a woman, their relationship, and their happy-ever-after, also known...

Hands up—I'm not good with names. I really suck at it. I tend to go with whatever my eye falls on. Or half falls on. To me Sup Volvi...

I like to think my book covers are serviceable. And the service they provide is to show you the difference between a serviceable book...

What is Critique? Critique is the practice of giving feedback on a piece of work. It's not to be confused with criticism which can be...