Tag: Books

  • Working From Home

    I seem to have so much to distract me from getting on with things – or am I really looking for things to do rather than get on with the job? I’ve mentioned before that I’m starting out on a new eight book series. This involves a lot more writing than I’m used to, so…

  • The Editing Process

    I wrote in a recent entry, called Writer’s Block, how I’d taken time to gather myself and work out the ideas for the new series I’ve just started work on. In the end I decided the best thing to do was write a first draft. Which I was very pleased with. So pleased I went…

  • The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness

    What a Terrific Story! Had me riveted from the very first sentence, when I fell in love with Manchee, the talking dog. As Todd, the hero, says, “When dogs learn to talk, you learn that they don’t have a lot to say!” There were huge themes going on in this book. Boyhood to manhood, imperialism,…