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Reading Review Wreckage
Throughout the Winter break, my Inbox has been flooded with emails wishing me seasonal greetings, reflecting on the year/decade ending, or plotting the future. Feeling inundated and overwhelmed, do I dare add to the navel gazing – oops, discussion? I need to scratch one large itch, so apologies. My year in books was frustrating, after … Continue reading
Review / Warning of ‘promotional service’ by Wid Bastian / Genius Media / Kairos Phoenix Company
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
Here is a little warning about a “service” I subscribed to recently: Wid Bastian of Genius Media who now has a new business named Kairos Phoenix Company (KPC). https://www.facebook.com/widb1 https://www.bizapedia.com/wy/kairos-phoenix-company-llc.html I’m usually sceptical when it comes to professional indie author support but was taken in by his string of box sets.…
Sparkle or Skaði
My mind is already churning around the themes for the 2020 WEP/IWSG Challenges. There are 3 options: Standalone Stories inspired by the individual themes. Six separate spontaneous seasonal stories. Sparkle Anwyl case. Six episodes of a new Snowdon Shadows case for my Welsh detective and her partner-lover, Kama. The threads for this are scribbles with … Continue reading
#WEP/IWSG December Challenge – Footsteps
Time for the WEP+IWSG Challenge and another attempt at a change of scenery and style. DC Sparkle Anwyl is on extended leave so a character from a previous Challenge reappears. Warning: there are several attempts at literary devices, specifically kennings. For those stumped, I’ve deciphered the head-scratchers at the foot. Note: A kenning is a … Continue reading
Nano Notches
After I recorded the final word count for my 2019 NaNoWriMo attempt, I began wondering, ‘Am I a cheat? What is a NaNoWriMo win? How did I get here?’ If a win means writing 50k words of a new work in November, then I’m a cheat. How many times? The rules have been flexible for … Continue reading