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Tension building that infuriates this writer.
Building tension in any body of work is not the easiest of tasks but just lately there is a tendency to use certain techniques that this writer finds infuriating. Like most people I love a good story, well written that builds tension to the right moment when the payoff not only acts as a release…
Picard, the Star Trek this fan has been waiting for.
When I heard about a new Star Trek series being made featuring Captain Picard I was dubious to say the least. I wondered how this series would fit in with all the other new Trek being churned out. Discovery was a mess when it started and only redeemed itself in the last few episodes of…
New year, new start.
2020 has begun, the start of a new year and a new decade and as with every new year’s beginning a chance to evaluate your life and your goals for the future. In my writing I had reached a place where I thought I knew my voice, I had three book series on the go,…
Write what you know
The advice many people, who are starting out in a writing career, get from more experienced writers is often, write what you know. This is good advice but for a long time I thought it only referred to those writing non fiction or perhaps writers of contemporary fiction after all, how could it possibly pertain…
Games of Thrones Season 8, disappointing or not?
When the phenomenon Game of Thrones first aired in the UK my partner and I sat down just like millions of other viewers did, to watch season one. Being fans of fantasy and particularly, Lord of the Rings and Conan, we were excited to see this new venture. I had not read any fantasy for…
New release
Jack Cross has had his life turned upside down. His wife and daughter had been killed in front of him by a member of the Hierarchy, Donald Bainbridge had been killed in an abortive attempt on the Prime Ministers life by the same group and finally SI6, the unit he worked for had been disbanded….
Aspire to inspire
As writers I think our primary goal is to tell a good story. When I set out to start writing a book with a serious purpose of trying to get published my motivation was the story. I wanted to write the story I wanted to read. I couldn’t find the book I wanted to read…
Interview, live from New York
Some time last week I received a message from Margaret Daly of Rukia Publishing who is marketing some of my work, which said check out this link, they do author interviews. I dutifully checked this out and is was for Blog Talk Radio which has 15 million listeners. I filled out the short form to…
Sci Fi series that crosses genres
When I am asked what is my Col Sec series about I usually tell them that it is sci fi. When I envisioned the first book I never thought it was going to be sci fi but I had trouble finding any sci fi fiction that I liked, that scratched a certain itch I had…
Master of Mayhem 