You might remember that Secret of the Sands was the product of my Kindle download experiment of judging a book by its first chapter and I was in no way disappointed. This is a rattling good yarn with a fascinating setting – both historical and geographical – which is evoked in fabulous detail by the … Continue reading Secret of the Sands
Ten random facts is the challenge in a game of blogging tag, and this time I’m it. Hmm, random. Would that be interesting? Or just random? I shall leave you to judge. Thanks to Rosalind Adam for tagging me. Depsite the ‘random’ challenge, I couldn’t resist trying my hand at a little classification. I’m a bit … Continue reading Classified information, or me by DDC
I’m actually a judge on Rachael Harrie’s first campaign challenge and so it seems only fair to post something of my own (which I assume others will judge!) before I start looking at other posts. So with some (actually great) trepidation I’m posting my own 200 words beginning ‘The door swung open’. Yes, it invites horror, don’t … Continue reading As one door closes …
It’s barely a year since Jonathan Pinnock came here to do a guest appearance, and look what’s happened! Not only has his blog serialisation of Mrs. Darcy versus the Aliens been snapped up by a new imprint of Salt Publishing, but it’s already in the shops and in a healthy position in WH Smith charts. For … Continue reading The book is out there …
This quick post is really about the writer’s dilemma: how much time to spend ‘looking out’ into the world, making friends, connections and establishing an online profile, compared to the ‘eyes-down-look-in’ mentality that’s neccessary for the actual writing. For me the autumn (starting in September) has always been the time to sit down and write, and … Continue reading The Writers’ Platform-Building Campaign
Ali Bacon, Author 