by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2016 | Writing |
Like many people, I enjoy reading books with recurring characters. Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, for example, or Jeffrey Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme. Provided they’re well written, they offer predictability – you know what you’re getting. When I first decided to write...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 12, 2018 | Blogging |
I suspect there will be a few of these posts over the coming weeks and months. If you’re not a blogger, you won’t be overly interested. If you are one, you probably will be. But I have nothing more to say at this stage (I will in the future). For the...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 2, 2018 | Blogging |
Warning: This will only be of interest to bloggers For those of you who didn’t pick up on it, I joined the committee of the Bloggers Bash last year and helped organise this year’s event. I’d be lying if I said every moment spent on the preparation...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 26, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
At the end of my recent blog tour, A Little Book Problem gave a great review and, in the text of it, recommended a fellow blogger read Ravens Gathering. A personal recommendation is always a good thing, and not just where books are concerned. Even so, it’s rare...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 23, 2018 | Blogging, Writing |
Several weeks ago, I wrote about Foster an Author and the opportunity it presented. This week sees it starting to roll, and so far there seems to be an awful lot of activity taking place. My own ability to contribute to it is limited by my lack of social media...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 16, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
I mentioned a few days ago that during the recent blog tour, someone spotted it and read it. She became aware of it thanks to me sharing some of the posts via the Writers Authors and Readers Facebook group. Something obviously struck a chord as she became aware of it...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 11, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
When I was in my teens and twenties, I spent a lot of time going to concerts. Although I’ve barely scratched the surface with them so far, my Gigging Years posts have begun charting those days, and I will continue to share more. Back then, very few artists...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 7, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
I do appreciate that this may have felt like a bit of a slog to some of you as I’ve tried to share my excitement about the recent blog tour. In practice, the tour itself finished two weeks ago, but so many bloggers participated I felt it was necessary to share...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 6, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
When you write a book, I’ve always felt you should write it for yourself and not try to satisfy an audience. Obviously, this means you won’t satisfy every reader, but you never will anyway. What reminded me of this was the review you can read if you click...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 5, 2018 | Blogging, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
Not having participated in a blog tour before, I didn’t really know the drill. I’d read blog posts that had featured in tours and could see there were a range of types. Reviews clearly form part of a tour, and so do guest posts. What I was conscious of was...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 4, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
When I reflect on my life, there are times that I am proud of, times when I know I’ve done good things, either by helping others or achieving things for myself. (To be fair, those times have been more than compensated for by moments of shame and letting myself...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 3, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering, Uncategorised |
The Bloggers Bash was held in May this year, and I was quite heavily involved in the arrangements in the run up to it and on the day. Some bright spark decided I should act as MC for the day. For those of you who have already seen this photo, I can assure you I was...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 2, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
Obviously, the tour is an adventure, but so is one of the blogs that reviewed Ravens Gathering during the tour: Adventures in Literature. As with so many of the bloggers who took part in the tour, it’s been good to ‘meet’ Ashley, and I hope our...
