by Graeme Cumming | Dec 11, 2018 | Gogglebox, Movies, Nostalgia |
Having lived in the historic county of Nottinghamshire for most of my life, and now living close to the edge of what remains of Sherwood Forest, it’s perhaps inevitable that I’m drawn to tales of Robin Hood. A few years ago, Russell Crowe took on the role in a film...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 1, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Movies |
If you missed the post that got us to this point, click here. Having decided to take the opportunity to obtain a signed copy of Forever And A Day, we waited for the long queue to gradually work its way down before joining it. I’d guess around 20 minutes passed as we...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 27, 2018 | Literary Festivals |
If you missed the post about our first event at Henley, click here. We were early for our next event, but so was everyone else and they were queueing down the street. An effect of my partner’s back problem is that she can only stand for a short period of time before...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 24, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
If you missed the post about the Marlborough Literary Festival and feel you’ve missed out, click here. We’d been to the Marlborough Festival on a Saturday. The events we’d booked at Henley were on the Wednesday, our first at 4:30, so there was no rush to get there....
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 21, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
Because neither my partner nor I had been to a literary festival before, we didn’t know how our time would be spent, so it made sense to check the programme and pick out specific events to attend. When I ran through them, though, there weren’t many that appealed to...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 17, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
In truth, it’s been a while since I went to a festival (a couple of months now), but a few things have been buzzing around my head and I felt I needed to share them. I’d never been to a literary festival before. Not that I can recall, anyway, which seems like madness...
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...
