I started writing on Medium because, after twenty-two of the things, I was getting bored with writing and publishing novels. The amount of time it took to get one finished and out into the world, the effort and expense of … Continued
Following on from a recent post, I have two new potential novels or series. And they’ve both come from ideas that started as prompts on Medium. One of them was a word: IMPLICATION. It was the prompt for a drabble. … Continued
The Galaxy is just a modern-day Wild West, with its fair share of good and bad guys, lawmen and outlaws. Then there are the bounty hunters, who often operate on either side of the law. Does that make them good … Continued
Since I’ve been on Medium, I’ve found a new form of story to write, the Drabble. Here’s a definition, A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, … Continued
When you’re writing a series, there is one absolutely vital thing. It all has to connect seamlessly. There must be no gaps, no name changes or hair colour variations and every bit of back story has to be provable. I … Continued
My new fictional character started with a prompt. On Medium, I write for a publication called Lodestar Gazette. Way back in February this year, they published this prompt picture, inviting short fiction including the word STARLIGHT somewhere in the body … Continued
Now that Where’s Lizzie? has been put to bed and all I have to do is count down to the release date, the question of what to do next rears its ugly head. Some things are non-negotiable, like the two … Continued
The full paperback cover. The last thing to be done in the production of a novel is to check a printed proof of the paperback for errors. This is my twenty-second novel and I’m starting to get the hang of … Continued