Sitting here today working on part of my Inspector Flaange detective series and I suddenly remembered the term ‘French Letter’ as a euphemism for a condom. So I wondered why is it ‘French Letter’? Any ideas? I found this quote “In Britain, this is a rather old-fashioned euphemism for a condom; in France the phraseContinue reading “Letters from France?”
Category Archives: Creative writing
Some thoughts on Self-Publishing
Are you an author who has a book that you would like to see published? If you are, you should know that you do have a few different options. While the most common approach taken involves relying on a third-party publishing house, you do also have the option of self-publishing your own book. At theContinue reading “Some thoughts on Self-Publishing”
Some thoughts on Children’s Book Publishing
Are you a writer who would like to write and publish a children’s book? If you are, you should know that you have a lot of work ahead of you. A lot of new writer’s believe that children’s books are easy to write. Yes, children’s books are easier to write but that does not meanContinue reading “Some thoughts on Children’s Book Publishing”
What about Literary Agents?
I decided to put together some articles about publishing your work. The articles will examine things like different genres, self-publishing, publishing tips, children’s books etc. I thought I would start with some thoughts about literary agents. Are you a writer who would like to get a book published? If you are, you may have heardContinue reading “What about Literary Agents?”
Catching up
I haven’t posted for a while. I kept my focus on completing another task. When I have an idea for a book I sit with an old fashioned writing pad and a fountain pen, and I let the ideas flow. Sometimes when I look back I can’t read my notes as I was writing soContinue reading “Catching up”
Research!!
Continuing with my writing of the latest book – Fairy Hanny and the Sons of Turenn. Looking back at the things I referred to yesterday as I worked on the latest chapter… Other words for Turd… Lyrics to Nature Boy… Spelling of Diarrhoea… Lots of possible variations! Google translate… Shades of Red… Varieties of PersianContinue reading “Research!!”
Latest!
I am working on my third story featuring the beautiful Fairy Hanny. As I worked through the latest chapter I found I was researching a lot of things, including @The Whore of Babylon’ and a ‘Lakeland Rill’. I also had to check my spelling a lot as my mind moves a lot faster than myContinue reading “Latest!”
Writing and thinking
I love writing! I am working on the third Fairy Hanny story and my first detective novel featuring Inspector Flaange. I also have some Maths and English books that I am editing, and an outline of a book on Motivation. I get an email every day with a Daily Motivation. So I will share thisContinue reading “Writing and thinking”
Look at this!!!
Look at the fun you can have when you mess around on Canva!! Fairy Hanny does it again!!!
Another adventure for Fairy Hanny
I can’t let a week go by without a little bit of self publicity! I corrected the misprint on the back cover, so you missed you chance to get a unique copy! Hanny is still the heroine, despite the shenanigans of Ken Tucky and Wayne Downe, the two Elfs of some renown. They speak ElvisContinue reading “Another adventure for Fairy Hanny”
Fairy Hanny 