Hi everyone, I hope you’re all living creatively fulfilled lives and are fully embracing the Autumn weather. I love to read, as I’ve spoken about a few times, and I always try to encourage my young nephews to read as… Read More ›
books
Targeting your Audience
When you’re writing the first draft of your book or story, it’s not really too important that you have a target demographic or audience in mind. The most important thing at this stage is to actually get the story out… Read More ›
The Importance of Reading if you want to Write
If you want to be a writer, or even if you would just like to improve or hone your writing skills, the first thing that I would suggest you do is read. A book can hold a lot of power… Read More ›
Reading Books About Writing Books
There are a great many books out there that offer hints, tips and other tidbits of information about both the art and act of writing, some of which are very good and have been an asset to me. A book… Read More ›
A Christmas Carol – Why I Love It
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is one of the greatest stories I have ever read. I love Dickens’ work in any case, but this book, in particular, holds a lot of memories for me. As I’ve said before, it… Read More ›
The End
Hi, everyone, what I’m posting here is the first draft of a short story (approx 3000 words) that I’ve been working on. The point of the project that I had set myself was to see if I could portray enough… Read More ›
Why I Read
Reading is one of my favourite things to do, particularly if I’ve had an especially stressful day. For me, there is very little that can beat the feeling of climbing into bed at night with a good book and having the… Read More ›
