Point of view and voice

Who speaks for me? The narrator posing as me, or me posing as the narrator? When it comes to the point of view for the character, for the readers, what voice do you give to your story? Do you do 1st person or 3rd person? It can’t be 2nd person unless you’re reading an instructionContinue reading "Point of view and voice"

Another day, another…

My time being a full time author is coming to an end. Last year, I had a certain situation at work that put me on medical leave with insurance. That insurance has now expired, but I don't think the location based issues have been fixed. The hard choice of returning to these problems while keepingContinue reading "Another day, another…"

Life moves pretty fast…

Steve Miller was right when he wrote the lyrics - Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'; into the future.It seems like only yesterday when I applied for a 10 week residency at Queensland Writers Centre (https://queenslandwriters.org.au), and as of next week, will be my last in their offices full time. I have to say, I'mContinue reading "Life moves pretty fast…"

July – Such a month

It's been a month or more since posting here, but so much has happened in July, I'm not sure where to start. Let's start at the release. July 1st was the first day our book was available for purchase in either ebook or paper back. It was a rather quite affair with the human malwareContinue reading "July – Such a month"

Book title and cover release

This last week has been busy with the publisher and a 'Social Media for Authors' talk on Saturday, and then following up with creating more social media. We now have a Facebook group, page and a Pinterest page.So far, the Pinterest page is lacking any real content, but from there, we can post images ofContinue reading "Book title and cover release"

Co-Author and progress

So it’s been a few weeks since my last posting and I thinking of removing the “I’ll post every Friday" from the home page, because I can’t just flood your inbox with random stuff every week. I’d like to just mention the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13’s successful failure for the last week; their attempt inContinue reading "Co-Author and progress"