Archive for January, 2012
January 2012 – Update
I plan on posting a quick update at the end of each month to chart my progress against my goals for the year. Write more: This month I’ve written 12,000 words, 42 pages, which is 3 chapters of my book. That is better than I managed in any single month last year, so I should […]
Filed under: Novel In Progress, Reading, Writing | 26 Comments
Tags: David Baldacci, Gallstone, Health, Hell's Corner, Low-fat diet, Reading, resolutions, Writing
Print Length: 352 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (1 Aug 2011) Sold by: Amazon UK Language English Official website: Marika Cobbold Overview It is winter in London. Eliza Cummings, a ceramics restorer at the V&A Museum, is leaving work when she receives an unexpected phone call. Standing in the haze of the Christmas lights she hears a voice which draws her […]
Filed under: E-Book, Reading, Recommended Books | 13 Comments
Tags: Bloomsbury Publishing, Eliza Cummings, Fiction, First-person narrative, Reading
Kreativ Blogger Award
They say things come in threes. First came the Liebster Award, then the Versatile Blogger Award and now the Kreativ Blogger Award. I would like to thank H. Conrad Miller and his blog: A Side Of Writing for nominating my blog for this award. If you haven’t visited Conrad’s blog you should check it out. He blogs […]
Filed under: Blogging Award, Reading, Writing | 40 Comments
Tags: Award, Blog, Kreativ Blogger Award, Site Award
One of my first posts was about how Twitter made me buy a Kindle. It was all about the people I’d met on Twitter and wanting to download and read their books. Well, this was one of the books that made me write that post. The author, Mike Wells, was one of the first people […]
Filed under: E-Book, Reading, Recommended Books, Writing | 2 Comments
Tags: Amazon Kindle, E-book, Mike Wells, Reading, Social Networking, Twitter
Another reason to buy a Kindle
Let me start by saying that I am completely happy with my Kindle. I was a reluctant convert to e-readers at first, but the more books I read on it the happier I am that I bought one. I find it easier to read and easier to manage (no longer dropping the book on my […]
Filed under: E-Book, Reading, Writing | 22 Comments
Tags: Amazon Kindle, book, Kindle, Reading, Twitter, WordPress
Time to Get Organised
When I started blogging and tweeting back in September I was not expecting the volume of emails that would follow. I know that I have the power to switch off notifications or only receive blog post updates once a week. I could disable messages when someone follows/tweets me or sends a DM and I don’t […]
Filed under: Writing | 25 Comments
Tags: Blog, Email, getting organised, Social Networking, Twitter, Writing
Recommended Book – Good as Dead
This is the 10th novel featuring DI Tom Thorne, the unpredictable and unorthodox British Detective. Central to Good as Dead is a hostage situation which brings together Thorne and DS Helen Weeks who appeared in Billingham’s only standalone novel – In the Dark. The hostage element of the plot brings a good pace and tension […]
Filed under: Reading, Recommended Books | 10 Comments
Tags: book review, Crime fiction, Fiction, Mark Billingham, Tom Thorne
THE VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD!
Thanks to allaboutlemon and Le Artiste Boots my blog has been nominated for The Versatile Blogger award. I started blogging back in September and this is the second award I’ve been nominated for after the Liebster Blog Award. I am trying to blog about my writing, reading and throwing in some personal bits and pieces. The rules of this […]
Filed under: Blogging Award | 18 Comments
Tags: Award, Blog, Blogger, Prince, West Wing, Whitby, WordPress
My First Proper Rejection!
It arrived. The email I had waited for since submitting my short story Adventures before Christmas. The word REJECTION wasn’t in the title of the email. It hadn’t been typed in the body of the email. It wasn’t even included in the attachment, but my story wasn’t being shortlisted for the monthly prize. Whichever way you […]
Filed under: Writing | 25 Comments
Tags: Creative writing, Fiction, Short story, Writing
Time to set the 2012 goals
Happy New Year! I thought I would use my first post of 2012 to set myself some goals. 1. I want to write more. I have a novel to finish, a script to tweak and several short stories that are at various stages of completion. My aim is to complete them and send them off. […]
Filed under: E-Book, Reading, Writing | 12 Comments
Tags: Creative writing, E-book, New Year, Reading, Short story, Writing
