One of the great things about the internet is, in my opinion, the fact that it can give us access to open debate in so many different areas. I have joined quite a few forums covering most of the subjects that interest me and I’ve had my battles with people of a different opinion; it’s … Continue reading It’s Not a Big Thing but…
I Actually Quite Like Doing this Blog Thing!
Yet again an entire month has gone by without me writing anything for my blog. The usual reasons apply; busy, seasonal holidays, illness (nothing major, just man-flu), disappointments, etc. Nothing of any real note actually but all of which combine to frustrate me all the same, and it is the New Year again! I have … Continue reading I Actually Quite Like Doing this Blog Thing!
I Happen to have Misplaced My Blog!
Well this is a bit strange, I wrote a piece about visiting Croatia and Montenegro recently but now I cannot find it! Of course it was meant to be my next blog post and as I am sure that I have written it I do not want to jump ahead and publish something about Italy … Continue reading I Happen to have Misplaced My Blog!
Venice to Barcelona by Sea Day One – Getting Started.
Going on a cruise might not seem like the obvious holiday choice for someone who is disabled with impaired mobility: well, it is a boat, it rocks about a bit and there are those stairs to consider, and what about getting on and off? To be honest, this is not that much different to my … Continue reading Venice to Barcelona by Sea Day One – Getting Started.
Typographical Errors
Having written a book of a very different nature to the previous volumes in the Sorrow Song trilogy I decided to re-read both The War Wolf and For Rapture of Ravens so as to immerse myself back into the world of 1066 once again. I know, some might wonder why this is necessary when I … Continue reading Typographical Errors
Now, Voyager.
“Now, voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.” Walt Whitman. I am sailing forth once again. The last time I took to the open seas it was a voyage to Norway, land of fjords, mountains, waterfalls and Vikings. On this occasion we are heading for warmer climes; the Mediterranean to be precise. Venice is … Continue reading Now, Voyager.
POV – Literally a Point of View
In a novel the ‘point of view’ (POV) is considered one of the most crucial elements of telling a story. I had a customer complain about the fact that in ‘The War Wolf’ I used what seemed to them to be many or multiple points of view. To date they are the only person to … Continue reading POV – Literally a Point of View
BBC Cymru’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, adapted by Russell T Davies.
It is not often that televised adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays cause an outcry, but this one certainly did. I can see why, having watched it myself recently, but it seems to me to be tale with two sides. I am not a Shakespeare purist but I do believe that it is best not to stray … Continue reading BBC Cymru’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, adapted by Russell T Davies.
Story writing is just make-believe recorded by the written word
On Saturday I sat down at my computer and restarted work on my fourth novel, ‘The Blade’s Fell Blow’. I was surprised how easy it was. Admittedly I had spent some time organising my work before actually sitting down and starting to write again, and this helped enormously. I knew where all my files where, … Continue reading Story writing is just make-believe recorded by the written word
Sex; I haven’t done it!
I have not written about sex. There, I said it. I have written three novels and not one of them recounts a sexual encounter in any detail. It is not that I have lacked the opportunity, rather that I just that I did not take it, so to speak, when it arose in the story. … Continue reading Sex; I haven’t done it!
Peter C Whitaker 