Blog Number 10 December 18, 2023 Hello Readers. Several months have passed since my last Blog in March but this time I want to talk about STRUCTURING YOUR WORK. No document, especially one the size of a novel manuscript, can be completed without some form of structure. For example, a letter or a report needs..
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My working background is in Human Resources Management and Labour Relations. I have over 35 years in this field after having served a 3-year Commercial Apprenticeship in a U.K. motor industry parts manufacturer. For 8 years I had my own HR consulting business while at the same time, operated a stained glass artisan business. I am a newbie to the book publishing industry.
March 26, 2023 Blog Number 9 Hello Readers. Some time has passed since I published Blog Number 8. Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 have come and gone and my time has been spent dealing with life matters, writing the follow-up to The Little Alfriston Murders, various writing assignments, and, more recently the nefarious attempts..
Blog Number 8 Hello readers. There has been an unavoidable delay in getting Blog Number 8 onto the website, but, I hope that the wait has been worthwhile for you. Blog Number 8 allows me to recount some of the details for you regarding progressing through the fiction novel process, idea through to publication,..
Blog 7, Place Names in The Little Alfriston Murders This blog started life as a simple list of places named in The Little Alfriston Murders. However, it has since morphed into a travelogue of sorts. N.B. Photos are from Wikipedia, except where shown. In The Little Alfriston Murders, I have the plot wind through several..
Blog Number 6: Viroconium and Wroxeter In “The Little Alfriston Murders”, Farmer Swansea contemplates disposing of Barry Chipperman’s body at the site of the Viroconium Roman settlement. The site is being archaeologically excavated and Swansea considered that a recently exposed portion of the dig could serve well as Chipperman’s final resting place. Viroconium actually..
BLOG NUMBER 5 In this blog, I’ll chat about the vehicles in The Little Alfriston Murders and describe the concept of Spatial Awareness, as it relates to the Cessna 182 portion of the book’s plot. THE VEHICLES IN THE PLOT In the story, there is Mr. Huxley’s Royal Mail Morris Minor van, DCI Llewellen’s..
Blog Number 4 Sheep and the Morris Minor Mail van Welcome back to my blog. In this series, I chat about the personal experiences that became parts of the plot of The Little Alfriston Murders. In today’s blog, I’m going to chat about Sheep and the Royal Mail Morris Minor van, both of which form..
Blog Number 3 Hello again and welcome to Blog Number 3. In this episode, I chat about the Bardsey Island apple that features widely in the book, and about the Peanut, the location of several dead bodies. The Bardsey Island Apple The Bardsey Island apple is introduced early in the book and features throughout..
Blog Number 2 Hello friends. In my previous blog, I wrote that I’d be posting new blogs every two weeks. Several weeks have gone by since then without a new blog and I apologize for the delay; caused by a 3-week vacation and then a family bereavement. In this blog, I continue the theme of..
Blog Number 1, The Little Alfriston Murders I am new to blogging but expect to prepare bi-weekly blogs for your reading enjoyment. For my first several blog episodes I will be reviewing some portions of “The Little Alfriston Murders” which are based on my personal experiences. In the book, the first page sees Doris..