Name that song… This blog post is a combination of three of my favourite things (no…not that…and not that either…) – serendipity, The Beatles and writing. As you’ll have read on this blog – and many others – a modern assumption, aided and abetted by the Internet and social media, is that you can gameplan …
Month: October 2013
Momentum
See overleaf It’s long been said that the journey of a thousand miles beings with a single step. Well, that or the wrong destination. For writers – and especially in these social media saturated times – there are two gears whirring in the creative machine. On the one hand, we’re merrily (sometimes wearily, dejectedly, …
The gravity of the situation
Our Rainwater Hub – water, water, everywhere! I nearly titled this piece ‘When in Rome’ but I’ve never actually been there. Gravity, however, is a longstanding friend and helps me keep my feet on the ground. It’s also the inspiration behind this post and its three different angles: Inspiration, the Practice of Writing, and The …
The Themes of The Manhattan Puzzle
I’m delighted to present a guest post about author Laurence O’Bryan, who writes modern day mystery-thrillers with a twist or three. First there was The Istanbul Puzzle, which necessitated six visits to Istanbul for research (now that’s commitment!). Then came The Jerusalem Puzzle, which continued the story and features the same characters. And now, there’s the …
Online magazines – reincarnation for paper copies
I write a couple of columns for a magazine and I was recently checking out my work on the net (what can I say, I’m a big fan of my own writing). And then, like an idea faery flicking my earlobe, it came to me.What if I took one of the much-loved but rarely seen …