As we progress towards the launch of The Covenant, we continue with a few spotlights. Here’s a snippet of what’s in store and introduces our primary deuteragonist, Robert Knight: +++ Thursday 10 December, 1808 Hrs Zulu, Afghanistan. When the bomb went off, crimson gore spattered the windscreen and the driver’s window in a thick slap. …
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Spotty Reception
This is a bit different to my usual fare, so please bear with me. Parked a few metres from the entrance of the supermarket, I was waiting out a ghastly hailstorm, thankfully safely ensconced inside my car. When it tailed off, and the sun came out, I was about to get out and make the …
Trouble An’ Strife
If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in quotation marks. To do so is to put on airs, as though you were inviting the reader to join you in a select society of those who know better. – William Strunk Jr A scathing introduction and cautionary word …
Congratulations
Thank you everyone, we’ve hit a large milestone today! One-Hundred fellow adventurers! 100! A Century, three-figures, triple digits! Thank you to my supporters old (as in long-suffering) and new (as in welcome to the madhouse) alike as we continue to grow this small, but cozy channel 🙂 Still learning what everyone likes and finds interesting …
Scrumping For Pluck.
Among other things. For a few days now I’ve been fighting with The Jovian Counter and a bout of cold. Thankfully, it’s just a head cold with a few aches and pains thrown in, nothing terrible, but it’s making me lethargic and I’m dredging through a slump at the moment. The style the book is …
Bringer of Jollity
No, afraid it isn’t a party – that’s the title of Holst’s Jupiter, from his famous ‘Planets’ suite. There will be rambling below – be warned! This is appropriate, because I have finally worked out what to do and happier now I have a bit of direction. I’ll be hammering out the burrs in my …
Navel Grazing
“Time and Tide wait for no man.” Ancient observation. Yet here I am, dawdling in the doldrums, whilst the surf of life smashes shale into granules of sand. I’ll wager you didn’t expect me to be waxing lyrical this early, but I’m in the mood for bloody awful poetry as I wade through the tide …
Re-View
A big thanks to my recent reviewer of Children of The Glyph for a stonking report! I would like there to be more, but for some reason Amazon isn’t allowing some people to leave reviews, and I know that for a fact because I’ve had very disappointed people let me know. I’ve looked at Amazon’s …
Proof’s In The Reading
So there it is. Twenty years later and it’s actually a book of sorts. The Ares Gambit started life as something totally different, but this, I think was the way it was always meant to be. Perhaps a diamond in the rough, polished and cut, into this. It’s not fully finished yet, just like everything …
Let’s Get Critical
“There is no defense against criticism except obscurity.” Joseph Addison A lot of what we call feedback is actually constructive criticism. Any writer is going to get this, but I recently received some and I’m not sure if it’s just petty. Now, I am aware that my proofreading isn’t the best – I occasionally leave in typos …
Mightier Is The Pen 