Writerly thoughts for the day
It’s remarkable how tiny mistakes have the power to persist in a manuscript that’s so far been rewritten from scratch three times and edited even more often. In…
It’s remarkable how tiny mistakes have the power to persist in a manuscript that’s so far been rewritten from scratch three times and edited even more often. In…
The History Of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray My rating: 3 of 5 stars The History of Pendennis is the second of Thackeray’s novels that I’ve read, and…
This is the Prima ice axe, similar to the one used by pioneering English climber Owen Glynne Jones in his last few years of life. Jones was killed…
For thirteen years I’ve been attempting to write fiction, from clumsy early attempts at fantasy novels, derivative and lacklustre, to the days when my interest in historical fiction grew and…
A big part of my reserach for 1848 has involved reading the fiction of the period. Most of my research for other projects had focused on the late 19th…
I’ve finally got one! For several years now I’ve been an ebook convert. The tipping point happened in 2007 when, on a trip to the Alps, my brother…
This blog was established in March 2007, but I last wrote in it on the 10th of February, 2009, to announce the launch of Glencoe Mountaineer. At the time…