I share my pictures here to show the beauty of our world, encouraging viewers to take action to save it from the destruction we humans are causing to nature.This one, for the end of the month, displays a tiny uninhabited island in Troulos Bay of the island of Skiathos. The sun was just setting as …
The second book in the proposed trilogy of The Filey Chronicles continues the story begun in The Bridge and the Butterflies, which I read and reviewed after being introduced to the series by a writing friend.The story carries on the fast-moving, emotionally challenging trip of adventure combined with multiple life questions. Meg, the main player, …
Continue reading The Five Feathers (The Filey Chronicles, Book 2) by Janet Blackwell: #BookReview.
I share my pictures here to show the beauty of our world, encouraging viewers to take action to save it from the destruction we humans are causing to nature.This was taken locally in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, a place I walk almost daily with my wife. It’s a commercial forest run by Forestry …
A YA Contemporary Fantasy novel packed with adventure, relationships, humour, tension and family matters. There’s some magic and alien science along the way, too. Meg, Mirabel and Will are characters easy to empathize with. We come across courage, angst, youthful certainty and doubt, and that wonderful teenage willingness to take risks. This bunch of kids …
I share my pictures here to show the beauty of our world, encouraging viewers to take action to save it from the destruction we humans are causing to nature.This was taken at Agistros Bay on the Greek island of Skiathos, a place we walked during May 2022. Many of the beaches were being cleared of …
I share my pictures here to show the beauty of our world, encouraging viewers to take action to save it from the destruction we humans are causing to nature.This was taken in West Porlock, Dorset, England. The wide bay with the flat land leading to the sea is just one of many places in danger …
I’m sharing these pictures to show the beauty of our world, hoping viewers may be inspired to take action to save it from the destruction humans are causing to nature.This short series was taken during April last year on a hot air balloon flight celebrating my wife’s 70th birthday. You can find a full account …
On 28th February I announced the start of a new novel and revealed I’d completed the first chapter at 1,725 words. It was on 26th March I updated progress with words reaching a total of 48,079. And on 4th April I let you know I’d completed 70,169 words but had run into a constructional problem …
I’m sharing these pictures to show the beauty of our world, hoping viewers may be inspired to take action to save it from the destruction humans are causing to nature.This short series was taken during April last year on a hot air balloon flight celebrating my wife’s 70th birthday. You can find a full account …
I’m sharing these pictures to show the beauty of our world, hoping viewers may be inspired to take action to save it from the destruction humans are causing to nature.This short series was taken during April last year on a hot air balloon flight celebrating my wife’s 70th birthday. You can find a full account …
I’m sharing these pictures to show the beauty of our world, hoping viewers may be inspired to take action to save it from the destruction humans are causing to nature.These were taken in April last year on a hot air balloon flight we took to celebrate my wife’s 70th birthday. You can find a full …
The WIP continues apace. Or, at least, it was, reaching 70,169 words yesterday, and completing what I like to call the ‘first phase’. Of course, this isn’t just any old book. It’s a work of fiction, but written in a novel way (pun intended) that requires some specific presentation elements. (sounds rather more grand than …
I share these pictures to show the beauty of our world, hoping viewers may be inspired to take action to save it from the destruction we humans are causing to nature.These were taken during April last year on a hot air balloon flight we took to celebrate my wife’s 70th birthday. You can find a …
On 28th February I posted a piece about the start of a new novel. I’ve now reached, and even passed, a sort of landmark on the road to completion of the story. I’m up to page 125, 48,079 words in total, which is probably a halfway mark for the book. Of course, there’ll be changes …
I share these pictures, taken during March, not this year, to show the beauty of our world, hoping viewers may be inspired to take action to save it from the destruction we humans are causing to nature.This one is from the Forest of Dean in 2020 and shows a lady fern highlighted by afternoon sunshine …
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