Dear Author recommends Shining in the Sun

I’m currently at the stage of thinking up a new novel length plot, and for the first time I’m trying it using plot cards.  I reckon that I comfortably write 1000 words a day, so one card is going to represent the amount of stuff I can write in one day.  This means I need…

After a certain amount of sneering from the musicians who play for the Riot, it dawned on me that my largely ornamental bodhran, which I bought years ago from some unknown location, was regarded by the musos as “not a real instrument.”  So I decided that this Christmas I would ask for a proper bodhran…

I was reading this lovely article about Marketing for Introverts at the Shrinking Violet Promotions blog today.  It really struck a chord with me because of this extended writer’s block thing I’ve been going through recently: “Mitali Perkins is someone who has become quite an industry presence, but she also tweeted over 50,000 words last…

I’ve just seen last night’s Torchwood (ep4) on iPlayer.  My reaction: ‘ok, that’s it. Don’t care about how it ends. Not watching any more. So there!’ That is all, really. ….ok, so maybe I wouldn’t mind some gruesome angst filled revenge, but possibly not enough to bother watching it for. (There may be spoilers in…