It probably goes without saying that many of us writers are a solitary bunch. We should, in theory, be experts on not leaving the house for a while. Once upon a time, social distancing may have been the ideal for many of us, but now it isolates and, in many cases, frustrates us. So, how […]
I love Fantasy it’s my favourite genre to read, but when it comes to writing, I find myself wanting to explore and write in a mixture of different genres. This makes it difficult as an author to choose only one preferred genre. Traditionally speaking, authors write in one main genre. John Green writes Young Adult […]
I’m no grammar expert, but once in a while there’s a battle on social media over the Oxford comma. The most recent argument I’ve seen has been over the wording on the new Brexit 50p. The Oxford comma is sometimes referred to as the Serial comma. According to the dictionary, it is a comma used […]
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog titled ‘Help, I’m Stuck With Writer’s Block’, where I talked about my struggles with writing. Now I’m back with some updates to tell you what I have found helpful. The biggest change I’ve made is to my timetable, I’ve found that focusing on one main target a […]
A Happy New Year to you from everyone at Outlet Publishing. It’s been a year of ups and downs for many people but we hope 2020 will be better than 2019. As always, we book readers are eager to look out for the best, upcoming, books, but this year I thought I would focus on […]
It’s coming up to that time of year again where we end up patting our pockets and wondering what an Earth we are going to get Auntie Jackie this year for Christmas. Well I don’t have all the answers, but if you have a friend or a relative who is really into books and you […]
I have recently discovered that ‘Writer’s Block’ is a thing, and it is seriously annoying. For the last couple of months I have found writing – anything, difficult. I still have lots of new ideas going round in my brain, but trying to convert those ideas into words has been virtually impossible. I’m sure writer’s […]
You may have had to read the title of this blog twice, because if you know me at all then you will know I rarely read non-fiction, let alone WW2 history. I was never a world war history fan when I was at school, I found all the battle names and date recollection boring. I […]
So recently, I decided to commission an artist to draw some digital illustrations of some of my characters from my new book ‘Lost Frequencies’. I had never done this before as I thought it would be far too expensive, and I didn’t really know where to look for a suitable artist. Being a hobby artist, […]
You may be wondering; Haiku? What the heck is a haiku? A haiku is a very, very, short poem. So short in fact, that it only has three lines in English and a total of 17 syllables. The haiku originates from Japan and was previously called hokku, the name haiku came from the Japanese writer […]