Author Archives: Roland Clarke

A for Assault

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My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges.

A for Assault (2019 Challenge) is Act One of Azure Spark, an investigation featuring my Welsh detective Sparkle Anwyl and her partner Kama Pillai, the main characters in my Snowdon Shadows series.

The case evolved into a novella as I edited the posts into three acts. I will post all three during April: Act Two on April 11th, and Act Three on the 23rd.

I suspect not everyone got to read ‘Azure Spark’ so this will be another chance. Enjoy.

In The Spotlight: L.T Ward

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Apologies, I didn’t post yesterday as I needed a day escaping from reality.

Anyway, another of my fellow Anthology authors is In the Spotlight as of yesterday. Meet L.T. Ward and learn about how the weather and an ancient site inspired her at the IWSG Anthology blog – and helped a budding actor move forward.

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/03/in-spotlight-lt-ward-author-of-return.html

In The Spotlight: Beth Schuck

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Another of my fellow Anthology author’s is In the Spotlight today. Meet Beth Schuck and learn about how the power of nature inspired her at the IWSG Anthology blog.

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/03/in-spotlight-beth-schuck-author-of.html

A to Z April Challenge Theme Reveal 2020

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As April draws nearer so does the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge and lots of exciting posts on loads of new sites.

I’ve been doing the A to Z Challenge since 2014 and began pondering my 2020 theme sometime last year. But in the last few months, everything has overwhelmed me – emails, regular posts like IWSG and WEP, replying to comments, and my own writing. Plus, my health issues.

So, I’m taking the simpler way out – reposting my best posts from 2014 to 2019 Challenges.

Thanks to Jacqui Murray for triggering that approach with her 2019 solution: ..a genre for every letter of the alphabet, but with one or two posts every month. Her reasoning chimed with my own thoughts about too many posts to write/read/comment on etcetera in April.

She wasn’t alone as others found other solutions to negotiating the A to Z Challenge.

However, I’m still going to post on the official A to Z days, starting with A for Assault on Wednesday April 1st, 2020. If you’re tempted and follow that link, you will discover Part One of Azure Spark, which evolved into a novella featuring my Welsh detective Sparkle Anwyl. I edited the posts into three acts, and all three will be posted during April: on the 1st, 11th, and 23rd.

I suspect not everyone got to read ‘Azure Spark’ so this will be another chance. A chance to to revisit older posts on other themes; like my 2017 History of Kanata or my 2015 The War of 1812. But I’ve yet to decide what posts to choose.

Watch this space.

All I can say is Sparkle Anwyl’s case will be complete, and Azure Spark is referenced in my WIP ‘Fevered Fuse’ – my current priority along with the more imminent and crucial release of the IWSG Anthology, Voyagers: The Third Ghost on May 5th.

V for Voyagers on April 25th?

In The Spotlight: Rebecca Douglass

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Another of my fellow Anthology author’s is In the Spotlight today. Meet Rebecca Douglass and learn about the seed sown by family history at the IWSG Anthology blog.

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/03/in-spotlight-rebecca-douglass-author-of.html

In The Spotlight: Bish Denham

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Another of my fellow Anthology author’s is In the Spotlight today. Meet Bish Denham and learn about Jacques and the horrors of slavery at the IWSG Anthology blog.

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/03/in-spotlight-bish-denham-author-of.html