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 | Sep 22, 2018 | Ravens Gathering |
Once again, we have an extract to share from Ravens Gathering. I’m using the royal “we” here since I’m only acting as an intermediary. The actual post can be found by clicking on the book cover. And once you’ve had a look at that, feel...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 21, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
Yes, the adventure continues. I’ll keep it brief today, and just ask you to click on the book cover for a short review from Nicki’s Book Blog… For more detail about the book, and links to buy it, click...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 20, 2018 | Blogging, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
Another day, another stop off on the blog tour. I met Joanne at an event held in York earlier this year. Sadly, these events are like weddings in that there are so many people there that you don’t get time to talk properly or for long. Not that I’m...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 19, 2018 | Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
I have been known occasionally to inscribe the words: “Don’t have nightmares” when signing the inside cover of Ravens Gathering. It’s intended in a tongue-in-cheek way. The story does go to some dark places, but it is intended to entertain....
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 18, 2018 | Ravens Gathering |
For a change, today I have a blogger who’s taken an extract from Ravens Gathering, just to whet your appetite. But who’d have thought crocodiles and ravens would be bedfellows? To read the extract, click on the book cover, and then have a browse at...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 17, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
Just in case it has escaped your attention, there is a blog tour going on at the moment. It is a grand occasion, of course, as all these things are. Today, seven different bloggers are sharing thoughts, reviews, extracts and Lord alone knows what else…...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 16, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
I think I mentioned a while back that I’d arranged a blog tour. Well, it starts tomorrow, Monday 17th, and lasts a whole week. Now, that’s something to concern you because, after a fairly quiet spell, I’m probably going to be bombarding social media...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 14, 2018 | Blogging, Book Reviews |
At this year’s Bloggers Bash, I had the pleasure of meeting Jo and Isa who run the blog Jo&IsaLoveBooks. I say meet, at times it felt like I was being harangued from the floor by them while I was on stage, but I forgave them if for no other reason than...
by Graeme Cumming | Aug 1, 2018 | Carrion, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
I was brimming over with enthusiasm a couple of weeks ago. Time to get back to Carrion and take it closer to completion. After spending a couple of months writing a surprise first draft of a completely different novel, I’d been excited at the prospect of reading...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 25, 2018 | Meetings, Publishing, Writing |
From someone who writes a blog – from someone who writes, full stop – the message here might seem strange. Writing, by its very nature, is a solitary pastime. It’s not the sort of thing to do while you’re chatting to the person at the next desk, or if other people are...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 18, 2018 | Fiction, Writing |
Early in May, I finally completed the latest draft of Carrion, a novel that seems to be taking an age to get right. I first started it back in the mid-noughties, and have set it aside and gone back to it several times. The story feels right, and I feel it needs...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 11, 2018 | Movies |
Having raved recently about the merits of watching movies in IMAX, I thought I’d pick up on a comment I made in the post where I first mentioned it. When I heard about 4DX, I did wonder if it was the name of another Star Wars ’droid, but it turns out it’s a relatively...
