One of the more obvious challenges a writer faces is how to fill a book. Ask any novelist and they will likely tell you that the second half of a novel is easier to write because the characters and plot are already well established, and part two is often largely about resolving the consequences of …
Tag: Coffee Shop Chronicles
July 4th
Every item tells a story. That’s right folks, it’s an on-the-hoofer…Well, of course I wasn’t going to let US Independence Day pass without a blog post. After all, as someone once said, parodying a comment allegedly made about Billy Connolly and the shipyards, I spent one year living there and 25 years talking about it. (To …
Story time
An early form of tablet, which wasn’t very portable. As the old joke* goes, “What’s the difference between a short story and a novel?” Answer: The word count. Ask any creator of short fiction and they will tell you how much focus and effort and, well, creativity it takes to produce a work of short …
Evolution of an idea
Back-copies still available for sale! Give me a writer who knows exactly where they’re going and I’ll give you – and them – a round of applause. Any writer I’ve ever met, be they published or yet-to-be-published, may have an inkling, or even an ambition, but that’s about it. In a sense, that’s part of …
A Lovable* Rogue at the Halfway Point
It’s that time of the year when many writers see one of their seasonal offerings thrust out into the world. I’m talking of course about today, June 30th, being the halfway point in the calendar year. It’s a good opportunity to pause and reflect and, as every ex project manager knows, it pays to review …