Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman ‘Stop it! You’re all behaving like animals! Worse than animals – like blankers!’ Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she’s lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. Callum is a nought: he’s considered to be less than nothing –…
Virtual Crime Book Club – Video and Voting Choices
Last night we held the third virtual crime book club via Zoom. We discussed Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton. It was an excellent meeting. There were fourteen members present, including some new faces, which is great. As a group we are gradually growing. I really enjoyed the evening. If you want to check out the…
Recently Read – The Wall by John Lanchester
The Wall by John Lanchester Ravaged by the Change, an island nation in a time very like our own has built the Wall―an enormous concrete barrier around its entire coastline. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls who are trapped amid…
London Screenwriters Festival
This is a time-sensitive post which will be of interest to writers, be they screenwriters or novel writers. It’s an online screenwriters festival that has been a month-long (it’s nearly finished, hence the time-sensitivity) but all content is available for a year. I only signed up yesterday. You have until Sunday 7th June to sign…
ProWritingAid – Finishing Your Manuscript
This is an ad. In return for reviewing ProWritingAid on the blog, I will receive a year’s license for the software – and after trialling it, I really want the ProWritingAid software – you will see why when you read the blog post below! The following review of ProWritingAid contains my honest thoughts and feelings…
FREE Course – Great For Crime Writers – Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology
Last week I started a course to support my crime writing. It’s FREE with FutureLearn. That course is Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology. It lasts six weeks and they state it should take you about three hours to complete each week. I”m part way through week one and the first week isn’t going to take me…
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