I have never been that excited by the prospect of the new Year and all the social expectations that go with the change of a date, but this time I do feel a little different
The Not so Great Gatsby
I had heard a lot about this book by F. Scott Fitzgerald and was looking forward to reading it, but it proved to be another novel that failed to live up to the hype. The fact is that there is nothing great about Jay Gatsby. I found his character shallow and unconvincing. This is supposed … Continue reading The Not so Great Gatsby
Happy Writing: The Blank Page
All writing begins with a blank page. Actually, for me that is not true. All my writing begins in my head. I have never sat down at a computer screen and stared at a blank Word page waiting for ideas to come
Eugenica
My book is written to be provocative and informative, not to mention to give people with disabilities an opportunity to shine in the spotlight, not as pathetic Tiny Tims or twisted King Richards, but as real people who can demonstrate the best of human qualities in the worst of human made situations
The Blade’s Fell Blow
In writing this trilogy of books I learnt a lot about the period and gained a new respect for the Saxons as a people. For some reason they always seem to play second fiddle to the Vikings but in many respects they were at very least the equal to their Norse enemies, if not also the superior of the two
Pomerania 6
My books cover several genres because I write what is interesting to me. It might be claimed that I am not a commercially successful write as a consequence of that, but I never wanted to be a genre writer. I have written from a very young age, and I have always written to entertain myself first
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
It is a curious fact that the book with one of literature's most famous opening lines, "Call me Ishmael!", was not even in print when the author, Herman Melville, died in 1891. It is also a fact that although many people believe that they know the story of Moby Dick, not so many have read … Continue reading Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
For Rapture of Ravens
The Battle of Stamford Bridge is more famous than the Battle of Fulford Gate, but it is still overshadowed by the Battle of Hastings, or Sentlache Ridge as the Saxons themselves knew it. I suppose that this is because the victors always get to write the history
Happy Writing: Dialogue
My approach to writing dialogue is very simple; most of it is going to need editing!
Pomerania 5
The protagonist, who is called Charlie, meets a widely disparate population of characters in the strange place that he finds himself inhabiting. Each is representative of a theme that I want to explore, not all of them can be Greek. I want the diversity of humanity on display
Peter C Whitaker 