Have I said before that writing isn’t easy? I bet I have. It sounds really simple doesn’t it? How many times have you had a really neat idea pop into your head and by the time you have daydreamed on the train, in the shower, in the car (I don’t recommend that if you are […]

If you love classic sword and sorcery you have to read these books. Written chiefly as books of short stories, they follow the adventures of the barbarian swordsman Fafhrd, and his wily, thief sidekick, The Gray Mouser. A gripping read about strange creatures, witchcraft, robberies and general mischief. There are 7 books in the original […]

I purchased my first Steven Brust book a few years ago, intrigued by the cover blurb. Who says blurbs don’t sell books? That book was Jhereg, the first in the Vlad Taltos series. Taltos is a sort of assassin, hit-man, expert swordsman with a passing command of witchcraft. There is a quotation on the […]

Progress continues on my novel. As of a couple of weeks ago it was moving on at about 1000-1500 words a day which is a lot for me. Now I have slowed down to an average of 500-700, mainly because I am not writing every day.
It is heartening to know that every time I sit […]

Over the past few weeks I have gotten back to my novel, after a few months away. I spent a long while re-reading to get back into the atmosphere and swing of things, and I was also naughty and did some editing and rewriting of the earlier chapters.
I have some good ideas to carry me […]