I've held off writing a post about The Hunger Games for a good reason, which I'll get to in a moment, but it was Limebirdmike from Lime Bird Writers with his naive and irritating article Young Adult fiction and "The Hunger Games" - did I miss something? that prompted me to write this. I'd seen …
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Just in case you hadn't heard, we've got five months left until the end of the world. According to crazy sign waving doomsday lovers we're all going to the big jolly farm in the sky on December 21st 2012. Someone better tell old Santa to cancel Christmas and Jesus should probably put his second coming …
I have good news to share with you, dear blog reader, if you'll indulge me! Since my last post - Back Story - When should it be Front Story?, I decided to move the large slab of back story to the start of my novel. I'd like to say it was due to an …
Hey there dear blog reader, how ya doin? All fine and tickety-boo? Good to hear it. I know I haven't been around much lately to bring you my usual brand of snarky comments and witticisms, but I have an excuse. I've been writing and editing my novel, The Range. The lure of Imaginationland is hard …
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I was intrigued by the Weekly Photo Challenge this week because whilst I have recently snapped a few photos that show movement, those that really caught my eye showed little or none at all! As you can see, our dog Ben (Benji, BenTen, BenBen, Benjamina...aaand so on) has the knack for staying very still. This …
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