As a member of the Writers Book Club on Twitter, I'm required to read a book or story each month.It's a bit of fun, and apart from providing sales and reviews for struggling authors*, it gives me a chance to…
Category: writing
Intense military
Ten Sigma by Andrew Wang is a bit of a strange creature. Science fiction, military, thriller, psychodrama. Something to satisfy every fan, I guess. Science fiction, in that it deals with a future world, an extension of our own, where war, division,…
Call me Goat
Just kidding. There's nothing about animals in this book. It's all about torture, as the reader realises they have spent ten bucks on something that is at least over mercifully quick. A bit like a boyfriend I used to have,…
The three antigraces
Yesterday I wrote about the three wisdoms (or graces, in the Eastern tradition). These are the sources of knowledge: the intellect, the teacher, the texts.There is a fourth grace. The self. Nothing happens without your involvement.Today, the three anti-graces. These…
Fiverr Gigger
Now that I've gotten a copy of Vellum and learnt how to use its basic features, I'm out to see if I can improve the world.Not just my own stories, though the improvement in presentation is clear to see, but…
Fresh and fun
Hot on the heels of my purchase of Vellum, the extraordinary book publishing program, my first project was a fresh new edition of my first published erotica story, Coding by Candlelight.This time the contents page looks and works as it…
Casus Vellum
One of the first questions I had when I got into this game was "How do I turn my words into an e-book?"It all seemed very difficult for a technical dunce like myself. The simple act of creating a title…
Camp Coffee
You may call me Muggins. It's Camp NaNoWriMo time and seduced by the Queen of Sex, Vickie Vaughan, I have signed up for another stint of self-flagellation and stress.I am committed - and I use that word advisedly - to…
Exquisite feeling
There once was a lass from DarjeelingWho danced with exquisite feeling.Not a sigh, not a word,Not a sound could be heardSave the fly buttons hitting the ceiling.Kelanie Black writes the same way. When a book has hardened nipples in the…
One red beach
My Work in Progress (WIP) is another research-intensive story. I guess I like looking stuff up and downloading books and getting immersed in details.Omaha Beach, then and now. Two very different places, and both very well documented. Maps, videos, photographs,…
