Writers Retreat

by | Oct 2, 2020 | On Writing

Batemans Bay Writers Retreat   Find out more about Scorpius Check out my facebook page for other useful information including my Alien Landscapes images. Follow I had a great time at Batemans Bay on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia at the end of...

Marketing for Authors

by | Feb 13, 2020 | On Writing

I have just read a load of information on marketing for indie-authors over the last month or so. I’ve found out how much I’m doing wrong. Now for the slow road of repair and moving forward. But that’s what life and learning is all about, isn’t...

Showing and Telling

by | Oct 21, 2019 | On Writing

Show, don’t Tell (and really getting it) is a book written by Janice Hardy. She describes the problems with telling in stories in the book in detail. She looks into telling in sentences, paragraphs and whole scenes and offers tips on changing the text to showing...

Save The Cat Writes A Novel

by | Sep 10, 2019 | On Writing

I just finished reading ‘Save The Cat Writes a Novel’ by Jessica Brody. It is a must read book for any writer of fiction stories. Save the Cat is a method of story telling developed by Blake Snyders for screenplay. The book describes the distinct beats or...