I’ve recently been reading a lot about Google Glass – a futuristic looking pair of glasses that have a camera and computer built right in. The video from Google really got me thinking about the possible applications of this kind of technology. Up until recently a video camera was something you had to specifically bring … More Google Glass
I’ve thought of myself as a ‘writer’ for several years now whilst I have quietly chipped away at a full length novel. The problem is that life has a spectacular ability to get in the way. Of the 100k words I have written of my novel at least 80k of them were written during a … More My Goal 2013
You may have heard of Flash fiction. It is effectively a super short story. There isn’t a common length associated with it, but for my purposes I am going to consider 250-300 words to be my target. Flash Fridays will involve me writing flash fiction on a random subject. How will I select this subject? … More Flash Fridays – The rules
If you’ve read any books or blogs about writing sooner or later you’re going to come across the phrase Write about what you know. At first I didn’t appreciate this good advice and I tried to write about things I enjoyed when reading other books. I love Clancy-esque action thrillers so I immediately set about … More Know about what you write
If you intend to self publish one of the final challenges you will face is what to do with your cover. It’s a hugely important piece of the puzzle, it’s the first impression with a potential customer and it plays a major role in their decision whether or not they pick up your book or … More Under the Covers – Getting Lucky
Did you ever stop to wonder why novels are so long? Before you say anything I know that they aren’t all long, but the typical novel sits at approximately 70-80k words. That is a lot of reading! Longer stories make a lot of sense when considered in the traditional publishing sense, no-one’s going to pay … More Short-ish stories
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