NaNoWriMo

One of the problems with having what’s referred to as an “active imagination” is that you get ideas faster than you can write them down. In all the excitement of getting a new idea, I’m left with a load of … Continued

Apparently, I’ve been doing this all wrong. According to the experts, I’ve spent the last ten years making the wrong choices and decisions about everything in my writing journey. I’ve written in different genres, without using a separate pen name … Continued

Way back in April 2013, I published my first book, Freefall, on Amazon and Smashwords. A long while ago, I had a dream. It involved a man working as a trader, in space. The dream kept repeating until, finally, I … Continued

I was prompted to write this post by a comment I recently received. In it, the person asked me how I could possibly justify writing female characters, as I was male. The tone made it seem almost as if they … Continued

July the first is the big day for my nineteenth novel. I’m waiting for the return of my edited manuscript. I’m hoping that there won’t be too much to do to get it finished. Just to be on the safe … Continued

I’ve been modifying the way that I write. Since I started typing, back in the last century, I’ve always used one or occasionally two fingers from each hand on my keyboard. Over the years, writing official reports and letters, I … Continued

Being the confessions of a Facebook criminal, offences unspecified. Facebook has decided, in its infinite wisdom, that much of what I post is guilty of Violating Community Standards in some unspecified way. Starting with a notice just before New Year … Continued