I have been working on a fantasy novel for quite awhile now but it seems to be getting stuck. At first I thought that this was a fault of the protagonist in that his character had not seemed to form in the way that I had expected. I did a review of him and quite … Continue reading Plotting the Story
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Time to Adapt
Most situations are learning opportunities. Do not worry, this is not going to turn into some kind of motivational essay. The fact is that when I came home from hospital I was frustrated by not being able to get back to writing as quickly as possible. One of the reasons for this was that the … Continue reading Time to Adapt
And He’s Back!
I have been out of action due to surgery but I was not expecting the recovery to be so frustratingly slow. For the most part I have had to remain almost horizontal, which has meant using my computer has been practically impossible. I have done no writing since early April. However, I seem to have … Continue reading And He’s Back!
Back on Track and Looking for New Audio Book Adventures
I have had my surgery and been discharged from the hospital. The long journey to recovery has begun. It took a little while but I have also managed to set up my laptop so that I can use it for as long as I am comfortable each day. Some time ago I submitted my first … Continue reading Back on Track and Looking for New Audio Book Adventures
Time for a Break, Break in Writing and Break in Bones
Well this is disappointing. Way back in 2010 when I was writing my first ever novel, The War Wolf, I had to undergo major reconstructive surgery on my left foot. It was a very uncomfortable period. The hope was that this surgery would put right many years of problems caused by the slow but persistent … Continue reading Time for a Break, Break in Writing and Break in Bones
A Advertising We Will Go – A Follow Up
My experiment with paid advertising is coming to an end, time to check out the details and see what my dollars brought me. Here are the metrics: I had a budget of $100. From 02 Feb to 04 Mar 2018 I had 7,768 impressions, an 'impression' being when my advert was displayed. There were 18 … Continue reading A Advertising We Will Go – A Follow Up
That Disability Thing!
I had a reader ask me why there seemed to be a disabled person in every one of my books to date? My answer was, if not me who else was going to do it? One of the tenets of writing is to write about what you know and having been born disabled I know … Continue reading That Disability Thing!
A Advertising We Will Go
When I published my first novel through Amazon I actually made a nice little sum in royalties. It was not a fortune but it was rewarding all the same. By the time I published my fifth novel, earlier this year, those royalties have effectively disappeared. I do not think that the reason for this is … Continue reading A Advertising We Will Go
2018, My Writing Year
2018 has proven to be a very busy year so far and I am not complaining. Not only have I managed to get 'Mesozoic' published but I have also completed a review of my earlier book, 'Eugneica', all 160,000 words of it! There were some grammar and spelling mistakes in the manuscript that were annoying … Continue reading 2018, My Writing Year
Eugenica Revisited
Mesozoic is now published and that particular project has finished. There is, of course, a very satisfying feeling of accomplishment when a book is completed and put out there for the reading public to enjoy, but what does an author do immediately after that? I do not know about other writers but I like to … Continue reading Eugenica Revisited
Peter C Whitaker 