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Review: Hazard’s Way
From Amazon: http://goo.gl/qIubg Hazard’s Way by Roger Hubank My rating: 3 of 5 stars I feel like a bit of a traitor as I write this review, because I’m going to do the unthinkable and not give this book five stars. I first read it
It’s time to write a blurb
I’ve been working very hard this week and I’m that bit closer to publication. The next stage in the journey is to come up with a usable blurb: something short and punchy I can use as both a description and a selling tool. My initial attempts, which largely
I have a cover design!
Ta-da! Thanks to the swift and very talented work of John Amy, I have a cover design I’m happy with! Creating a cover for The Only Genuine Jones wasn’t an easy order. The design has to convey genre and tone instantly, even at thumbnail size. It has to
Some thoughts on constructing a plot
The trusty m500 doing what it does best As I write this I am sitting in a cafe in Skegness (thanks to the marvel that is mobile broadband) and trying to make sense of the tangle of notes in my ‘plot ideas’ folder. These files have accumulated over several months
Switzerland (oh to be there in the summer!)
In the steamy, stuffy Midlands, ‘neath an English summer sky, When the holidays are nearing with the closing of July,And experienced Alpine stagers and impetuous recruitsAre renewing with the season their continual disputes–Those inveterate disputesOn the newest Alpine routes–And inspecting the condition of their mountaineering boots:You
Review: The Living Mountain
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd is a powerful work of landscape writing which, I suspect, will require multiple readings to truly appreciate. ‘Multi-layered’ does not do justice to its richness and depth. It’s perhaps the most
Five years since work began on OGJ
These notebooks, in which I wrote down everything I saw during my two visits to Zermatt in 2007 and 2008, proved vital to my future work In July 2007, my brother and I went to the Alps for the first time. We weren’t very experienced mountaineers at that point.
And once again I face the red pen of doom (aka. the mss has been sent for editing)
A terrifying sight Part of this blog’s new mission is to document the process of turning my manuscript into an ebook. Today I completed a very important step: submission for professional editing! Back in March I blogged a piece of very good news, namely that a literary agent had
Review: The Silver Dark Sea by Susan Fletcher
The Silver Dark Sea by Susan Fletcher Image from Amazon: http://goo.gl/US9gu My rating: ***** Like all of Susan Fletcher’s books, this is a full-on treat for the senses–or, at times, an assault. The story places the reader on the Scottish island of Parla, a place so
I am making progress
Since making the decision to ‘go indie’ last week I have been firing on all cylinders. Progress made so far: 1. Most obviously, this website is now in a far more presentable condition and ready to host whatever content I need to showcase. 2. I’ve been putting effort into