Writing
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Mid Bedfordshire Murder Mystery Tour ~ No 2 ~ A Walk to look over the vale of Bedford
For the next few posts I will be exploring the places in Bedfordshire I know so well, which feature in my murder mystery ‘Murder, now and then. This time we will leave the bicycle at home and venture on foot. There are many pleasant walks around Haynes and Clophill ~ one passing the old church…
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Novels in Crime Week Day 3 ~ Colin Calvert
Colin, thank you for agreeing to be a visitor on my blog. I expect you are excited that your debut novel ‘Born Again Bandits’ came out on Kindle yesterday published by Eventispress! Congratulations! I know you have written plays for several years and that they have been acted on stages across the world. What gave you…
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Reflection, Contemplation and Anticipation for 2014
A Happy New Year to everyone, although I’m aware that in parts of the UK and USA we are struggling with unprecedented bad weather, making life difficult for many. I’ve been fortunate to enjoy Christmas and New Year with family and friends and, although we were not totally unscathed by the relentless storms, our grief…
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Who am I? ~ My Personal Journey into Writing ~ The Next Phase
In the last couple of weeks I feel I’ve been nudged towards the next phase in my personal journey as a writer.. 1.Admitting that’s what I am…. ‘a writer and author.’ “A person is defined less by who they are than what they do.” I have been teaching for nearly 30 years and being a…
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Welcome the The Next Big Thing!
Welcome to The Next Big Thing! My writer friend, CR Hodges who is writing a myth based urban fantasy set in Sweden, recently tagged me for a chain blog entitled The Next Big Thing’. The deal is: I answer a few questions about my current work-in-progress, then I invite other authors to do the same. A bit like…
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Writing a Memoirs ~ The Joys and Pitfalls
I have learnt a lot since I started collecting stories for writing Norman’s memoirs (See my last post ‘Thanks for the Memories’ where I describes an extraordinary 103yr old friend of the family who passed away last week)) and thought it might be useful to pass on a few tips and be honest about my…