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Flash! Friday – Vol 2 – 37

Todays’s photo prompt: Today’s Dragon’s bidding. Include the following aspect: Word limit: 150 word story (10-word leeway) based on the photo prompt. Add your Twitter handle. I’ve written a ghostly Flash Fiction today, inspired by the story of a marooned pirate, towards the end of the 18th century, on an Island off theContinue reading “Flash! Friday – Vol 2 – 37”

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How to write a useful #book #review

Anyone who reads a book can and should write a review, no guidelines are necessary. However, the following suggestions are meant for readers and writers who wish to review more professionally by offering a more reflective and critical response to their reading to other potential readers. The suggestions in this post should be read alongsideContinue reading “How to write a useful #book #review”

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Sleepless Moonlit Night

I can’t sleep tonight, but I don’t mind, at all. I’m sitting in my terrace overlooking the beach, sipping a glass of wine, and listening to the sea swishing against the pebbled shore, while the moon playfully tickles the slippery surface with her cheeky, silvery smile. I don’t want to sleep, because I don’t wantContinue reading “Sleepless Moonlit Night”

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Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 36

This weeks’ photo prompt and Dragon’s bidding: Three Lessons (160 words) I looked up to the towering mountain, as water and rocks gushed out of its ruined caves. ‘Why have you brought me here, father, in this thunderstorm?’ ‘Tamar, first Queen of Georgia, built this cave monastery over 900 years ago, to preserve our religionContinue reading “Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 36”

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Meet the Main Character Blog Hop!

Blogger and writer Noelle Granger, has kindly invited me to participate in a Meet the Main Character blog hop. Noelle writes crime fiction with a wonderful main character called Rhe Brewster, a nurse who works as consultant with the Police Department on special cases. Check out her novel Death on a Red Canvas Chair. IContinue reading “Meet the Main Character Blog Hop!”

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One Lovely Blog Award

I love my blog, and try to make it look as lovely as possible for my readers, so thank you Ronovan for nominating me for the Lovely Blog Award. I feel proud and honoured to receive it. Bloggers have to make an effort to be lovely and care about our blog entries andContinue reading “One Lovely Blog Award”

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Review of ‘Death on a Red Canvas Chair’ by Noelle Granger

Noelle Granger is one of the wonderful people I’ve met in the last few months in my parallel, virtual blogging universe, and as most important things which happen in life, it was quite by chance. I had already met a talented writer (again by chance) on Goodreads, Elizabeth Hein, who generously volunteered to betaContinue reading “Review of ‘Death on a Red Canvas Chair’ by Noelle Granger”

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What do readers need to know? 10-Point Guidelines for Reviewers

Who should review? Anyone who reads can and should review a novel. It’s relatively easy to say if you liked or didn’t like a book and why you did so, and that’s helpful for potential readers. Short and simple reviews such as, ‘a page turner, I really enjoyed it’, or ‘Don’t waste your time andContinue reading “What do readers need to know? 10-Point Guidelines for Reviewers”

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Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 34. Remembering the First of August

This weeks’ photo prompt: Today’s Dragon’s Bidding: Rules: Word limit: 150 word story (10-word leeway) based on the photo prompt and dragon’s bidding. This is my entry for this week’s contest (160 words). THE GATE TO FREEDOM ‘My father’s grandfather died in 1830. He was born in Africa, made captive, sold as aContinue reading “Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 34. Remembering the First of August”

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Which books should writers read?

Writers need to read beyond our comfort zone, and branch out to embrace genres and styles we don’t normally approach, because otherwise we run the risk of becoming self-absorbed. Reading works we wouldn’t normally consider widens our perspective, improves our style, and opens windows to other ways of telling different kinds of stories. We needContinue reading “Which books should writers read?”