by Graeme Cumming | May 7, 2021 | Book Reviews, Independent Bookshops, Meetings |
Regular readers will recall me mentioning the gatherings for authors and book bloggers that take place in Stoke. Organised by Kerry Parsons and Steph Lawrence (click their names to check out their blog sites), they’ve provided a great opportunity to meet up informally...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 30, 2021 | Book Reviews, Events, Independent Bookshops |
In February last year, when we had what we can nostalgically refer to as a normal life, I attended one of the stops on the Orenda Roadshow. Indeed, I wrote about it at the time. Whenever you go to a literary event like this, you are – unless you’re particularly...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 23, 2021 | Thinking Aloud, Writing |
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been very conscious that I haven’t posted much to my blog. To be fair, even those posts have been sharing information from other places – a book review was one, but also details of how to help a fellow author, blogger and –...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 13, 2021 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion, Events, Writing |
For a variety of reasons, I’ve not been very active on social media recently. I don’t have anything against it – well, no more than I did previously – but other distractions have limited my time. The only plus side of this is that one of those...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 30, 2021 | Blogging, Book Sales, Events, Life Lessons, Meetings |
Some of you will know Sue Vincent already. I met Sue for the first time about five years ago, at the first ever Bloggers Bash. She and I had ‘met’ online through our blogs, but meeting in the flesh is, inevitably, a different experience. As I recall it,...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 27, 2020 | Book Reviews, Reading |
Book Review: The Stolen Sisters Having recently read and reviewed the Amelia Henley novel, The Life We Almost Had, I went into a bit of a lull with my reading. It wasn’t anything to do with the books, I just wasn’t getting an urge to pick up my Kindle during the day,...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 22, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
As promised, this has been a short series of posts. The last review came with a whole suitcase full of trigger warnings. I have to say, until I read that list, I hadn’t realised just how depraved my mind was. It’s also worth pointing out that I had to look...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 19, 2020 | Blogging, Carrion, Interviews |
Friday 13th has a bit of a reputation, doesn’t it? Personally, I think it gets a bad press, and that certainly seemed to be the case during the blog tour. There weren’t any reviews that day, but Els over at B for Bookreview shared an interview we’d...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 16, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
This post is the fifth in a short series. If you want to check the others out, they’re probably listed in the sidebar. If not, a search should narrow things down. The fourth day of the blog tour had two Instagram reviews on it. An issue I’ve struggled with...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 13, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
This post is the fourth in a short series of posts. If you want to check the others out, they’re probably listed in the sidebar. My second Instagram review was provided by @the_b00kreader (or Siobhan as people know her in the real world). ‘…A...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 8, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
Following on from my previous posts, it’s time to share my third highlight from the recent blog tour for Carrion. Julie at A Little Book Problem took part in the blog tour for Ravens Gathering and, clearly a glutton for punishment, decided to do it again this...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 5, 2020 | Blogging, Carrion, Life Lessons, Nostalgia |
Like all authors, I’ve been asked in the past whether what I write is from experience. I suspect most writers of fiction do draw from elements of their lives. That doesn’t mean to say JK Rowling attended a school of witchcraft and wizardry, or that Douglas...
