I am staring at a virtual white piece of paper and wondering where this is going to take me. Normally, when I start writing a blog post, I have an idea already in mind, but this week has been so hectic that I really have not had time to think about what I would like … Continue reading I Am Staring at a Virtual White Piece of Paper
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Us 2 @ O2 4 U2
That’s the kind of ‘text-speak’ that I usually never indulge in but for some reason it just seemed appropriate for this blog item. You see I went with my wife to the O2 arena, London, to see the band U2 in concert. I know, most readers really do not need that spelling out to them, … Continue reading Us 2 @ O2 4 U2
Doesn’t Time Fly When You’re Having Fun!
Life, whether you want it to or not, intrudes into writing. This is even more keenly felt when you live with a significant other, such as a spouse, who happens to have a birthday on a weekend. Now I am not yet a highly successful author sat in their own study in some palatial mansion, … Continue reading Doesn’t Time Fly When You’re Having Fun!
Favourite Books – Alexander Dumas’ ‘The Three Musketeers’
As a rule I do not have a list of favourites, I find them limiting myself and I am interested in so many different things. However, when occasionally pushed to it I can narrow my choices down a little and come to a selection, not that such a list will ever prove to be set … Continue reading Favourite Books – Alexander Dumas’ ‘The Three Musketeers’
For the Love of Cars, Art Deco, Technology and Design
Cars, Art Deco and my love of design and technology.
The Agent, the Author, and their Passion
I previously wrote about how I am submitting Eugenica to literary agents and so it should come as no surprise to discover that I have had my first rejection; well a few of them actually. Rejection is to be expected in the literary world, it happens to practically everyone including the most successful of writers. … Continue reading The Agent, the Author, and their Passion
Why on Earth Would You Want to Write about Eugenics?
“So what is your next book about?” “Eugenics.” “Eugenics, what’s that?” “Put simply the idea that if you breed good with good you get better.” “Why on earth would you want to write about that?” “Good question!” That is a brief account of a conversation that I had very recently. The person I was talking … Continue reading Why on Earth Would You Want to Write about Eugenics?
Writing About Disability isn’t Pretty is it?
Having just started submitting my manuscript for Eugenica to literary agents I received a comment that made me ponder the wisdom of having four main characters all of whom are disabled; disability is not attractive! I agree, it is not. And the fact is that some people have a problem in dealing with disabled people. … Continue reading Writing About Disability isn’t Pretty is it?
Darknet by Matthew Mather
I like a good technological thriller and fortunately ‘Darknet’ falls right into that category.
When the End is in Sight the Longest Part of the Journey has Begun!
Bringing a creative project to completetion
Peter C Whitaker 