Where heroes dwell

I’ve uploaded Castle Dangerous to the short story pages, it has another name in Bees in my Bonnet but I had to turn to it for an exercise for the local writers’ group who set […]

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The odour of old

Scientist discover a stinky heritage.

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Personality and Community

Maybe I’m attracted to write about the Stuart’s yachts and small events like the Bombardment of Eilean Donan castle, because I read so much C. S. Forester, who had not only Hornblower, but Brown on […]

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Back to the future

I should really be doing more about 1820 but I’m going to take a breather and think about the next project. I enjoy the village stories in Oakhaven and Cairndhu but need to do a […]

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Mayflower and …

Why the Stuarts are so interesting.

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Diddles of the King Historical Fiction

How can a writer use King Arthur’s legend to create a story line?

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An extra helping of plot

More ideas for having food as a major element in a short story.

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‘I’ is the Greatest

There are advantages in using a single point of view character in a novel.

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More Points of View

Just fix the worst of it

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First third person point of view

My method of ensuring a firm point of view character.

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