Peace and the Angel of Death Historical Fiction extract from The Brittle Land As peace fell over the obliterated landscape of the Western Front and so many people, who had endured years of warfare, had sighed a collective sigh of relief, the cost...
Historical Fiction The Brittle Land Chapters To me, a book isn’t a book unless it has meaningful chapters. It suits both my style of writing and my style of reading. It’s suits me when I write because I have a brief description in the...
Historical Fiction The Brittle Land Extract #7 Sentries were posted as the evening turned to night and a light drivel fell. It was going to be a long and miserable night. Unfortunately for Peter, it was a long and miserable six weeks before he...
I write by the seat of my pants but do a little minimal outlining first, in an unusual way.
Progress report for The Brittle Land
Vaccine Wars It was almost inevitable that once Britain left the EU, there would be a return to mudslinging, trade tariffs, export and import controls and at some point, French fishermen would blockade a port somewhere in France and start...
What’s the difference between scrambled eggs and a boiled egg? In my case one I can eat the other makes me sick to my stomach. Welcome to the weird world of Covid-19 side effects. The more I read about the side-effects some people...
Age and time go hand in hand.
Writing Fiction When you are writing fiction, the telling of the tale in an interesting and entertaining way is paramount. Nobody wants to read something that is boring. A bored reader is an ex-reader. Make your story interesting to earn a bigger...
In the village I live in, north of Paphos in Cyprus, there is a lovely church that sits impressively on a hill, surrounded by small houses and bungalows. As you can see from the picture, it’s a good size and the bell tower rings out on...
It’s not often people associate BBQs with carbon monoxide and stupidity. It’s not often we see the words responsible, sensible or precautions all used in the same sentence. Not until we, humanity, were hit by a pandemic so devastating...
Thunder and Lightning Have you ever gone for a walk and been caught in the middle of a storm? It’s bad enough when the rain is lashing down, but when the thunder starts to rumble and it gets darker, you can guess what’s coming next...
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