Category Archives: English
Flash Friday: Child’s Play
“Come on!” “You can do it! I hated their cat calls. This was the first time they had allowed me to light the barbecue. I concentrated, any mistake would be dreadful. “Go for it!” “Nothing to it, Jenny!” “Just do … Continue reading
Some Dragon Eye Candy
The cover is gorgeous, but there is even more beauty inside the book – yes, even the ebook. That’s why I work with Blue Harvest Creative, the formatting company I found last year. I think they make the prettiest ebooks … Continue reading
“Here be Dragons” – Release Day
Today is the day! I’m officially releasing my brand new short story collection. It contains my eight all-time best short stories. In fact, two of them have been published before, in online magazines. Another one has been published in its … Continue reading
“Here be Dragons” Cover Reveal
I’m very happy, and very pleased to be able to show you all the cover of my new book Here be Dragons Cudos to Blue Harvest Creative who do all the formatting and graphic work for my books. They have … Continue reading
The Writer’s Process Blog Tour
This is the equivalent of an old-fashioned chain letter – but in a really good way. You see, we writers get to show you some behind the scenes stuff that happens when we write. And you get to find out … Continue reading
The Bad Guys
Everyone knows the Bad Guys. They wear a black hat or helmet. Or gory make-up. Or masks. Or they are ugly. And of course, they are mad, or sadistic, or aliens, or ruthless killers or all of the above. It’s … Continue reading
A New Dragon Tale – Some Rambles
Quietly, I’ve been working on a short story to usher in a full novel featuring dragons. I’ve been partial to dragons for a long time, admittedly. It all started when I was an exchange student in California, in the senior … Continue reading
The Future Book Store
Bookstores are doomed, they say. They are disappearing at an alarming rate, they say. All over the world, big book seller chains are in trouble. They blame Amazon. And it’s true that a lot of book buying has shifted online. … Continue reading
Two Things Happened
They say to never apologize after a long break in blogging. They say to just pick up the pieces and continue as if nothing ever went wrong… lah di dah. Well, that doesn’t feel right. You deserve to know what … Continue reading
The Trick with Short Stories
The other day, a friend called me and asked for help. She had been given an assignment: Write a short story. If you ask me, that’s a pretty tall assignment – and it was given in a foreign language class, … Continue reading
