Determined to write a publishable novel, my game plan was set:- 1. Write great thriller, heart and soul job, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite 2. Set up blog giving occasional insight into the roller coaster ride that is writing and the publishing process, which is almost certain to end in disaster/no agent/no publisher based on statistics alone … Continue reading Setting oneself up for a fall…
When I worked as a journalist for the BBC and before then for newspapers, it was well understood that stories had to be structured in a certain way. Headline, tight intro, explanatory paragraph, another if you really have to, then who says what (actually the five w’s…who, what, why, when, where) in the least words … Continue reading Antagonist, protagonist, prologue or other?
‘Humanity has proved itself capable of creation almost beyond imagination…but its greatest single talent is that of self destruction. Let this failure be encouraged.’ As science and complacency usurp man’s withering faith in God, our claim to be true inheritors of the Earth is threatened. The Sawol: Discovery follows a murderous campaign to prevent the emergence … Continue reading The Sawol: Discovery
James Ormonde 