Songs and Stories
I’ve found that over time there are certain songs that I associate strongly with each WIP. They’re not theme tunes as such, but they hold something of the WIP’s aesthetic.
The Battle of Halfway Hill
Goals Update: It’s always at the halfway point that I begin to struggle. The excitement of the beginning has fizzled and it’s still a while before the end will be in sight, hence I’m calling it The Battle of Halfway Hill.
Why My Parents Let Me Read Fiction
Once upon a time, there were some teachers, two exasperated parents, a child psychologist, and an unexpected book recommendation.
REVIEW: George’s Marvellous Medicine
A Roald Dahl classic about a grisly old grunion with a mouth like a puckered up dog’s bottom, and one little boy’s revenge.
Liebster Award
In which, eleven questions are answered, eleven facts are given, and eleven questions asked. . .Or something like that.
Five Ways to Bind Your Book
The curious thing about writers and writing websites is that they spend a lot of time talking about writing and how to write and what to write, and reviewing books that other people have written, but there doesn’t seem to be much out there about the ins and outs of physical books. Here are five binding techniques used today.
5 Ways to Tell the Age of a Book
My dad and I have a game in which we look at a book (we’re allowed to touch it and sniff it too) and can tell you when it was published. My worst estimate was twenty years out one time but, on the whole, we can date it well within a decade. It’s a great party trick but anyone can do it with the right knowledge and a little practice.
To help you out, here are five ways to tell the age of a book just by looking at it.
Max, Erich, and the Summer Novella Challenge
In my final year of high school, we were set a writing prompt: Shooting Stars. We could do whatever we liked with it as long as we had a story at the end with that title.
Looking back, Mrs B. must have dreaded my essays. I never was one for taking things at face value and, needless to say, I dismissed out of hand the common classroom themes of wish fulfilment. That essay is finally coming of age this summer.
Review: Muddle Earth
Joe the normal soon becomes Joe the Barbarian when he finds himself summoned to Muddle Earth and expected to be a brave hero. He has been summoned by Randalf the Wise, Muddle Earth’s leading Wizard (*only wizard) to slay ogres, wrestle dragons, and bravely confront villains.
Do You Need to Has Good Grammer to Being a Writer?
Where the computer fails you, there are always editors and proofreaders. A good editor is a writer’s best friend. With such good technology these days, do you actually need to be good at spelling and grammar to be a writer?