We’ve recently learned how to play backgammon, so now we can finally use the set that we bought in Turkey about 15 years ago. (I said we’d get there in the end.) Like all dice games there is a great deal of luck in the game, although strategy and ‘reading the game’ play their parts …
Month: October 2015
The joy of spreadsheets
Spreadsheets reveal the fruits of your labours After a word processing package, a writer’s best software friend may well be a spreadsheet. True, they’re not seen as sexy or as creative as certain bespoke applications I could name (but won’t, as I don’t have a sponsorship deal!). However, when you get a basic grasp of …
Clarissa Johal and The Island
Since time immemorial people have gathered around the fire to tell stories and wondered what else might be lurking close by in the shadows. I recently caught up with Clarissa Johal, author of Paranormal, Gothic Horror & Fantasy books and stories. She knows a thing or two about those shadowy realms – and their inhabitants… Q1. Congratulations, …
Leave me out of it!
Magnificat! One of the toughest challenges for an author is letting your characters (your literary children) grow up and gain their independence. It’s a curious and somewhat dissociative process to enter into a dialogue with a character you’ve created, as far as you’re aware, and find that they not only answer you back they also …