Booking a Travel Tale
A Travel themed short story development and elimination of ideas
A Travel themed short story development and elimination of ideas
Cooking for One, shortbread, mixers, – I wrote Welcome to Oakhaven to entertain my wife. Unfortunately, she died three years ago and before she taught me to cook. Which means I have had to learn […]
How not to treat sunburn
Mrs Boniface is back in Oakhaven from Germany and her visit to Herr Mann’s Schloss. Not so much a castle as a house and a house needing a bit or repair and some new plumbing. […]
Writing for an Audience, Commercial novels, Writers who want to make a profit are urged to write for an audience. I wrote Welcome to Oakhaven for my wife and I’m glad to say she enjoyed […]
– I have ten minutes to sell Best in Show to a literary agent but I’m not a salesman. I tried selling rock drills but when one of the clients started to talk rubbish I […]
One reader of Welcome to Oakhaven commented that ‘she couldn’t stand THAT woman’. I must have made a better job of drawing Mrs Boniface than I realised.
I’ve just had a nice comment about the book Welcome to Oakhaven – it’s just like the Archers.
I’ve had another encouraging comment about Welcome to Oakhaven from an old friend but a kick in the backside from my cousin for not getting the gardener’s book Best In Show published. Life’s full of […]
Someone asked what do I want to achieve with my writing, do I want to change the world? Not really, I want to take it on holiday.